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EN 1.4592 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel

Both EN 1.4592 stainless steel and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4592 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
17 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
780 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500
550 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.6
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
3.4
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610
810 to 1650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
27 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 68.4
94.6 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.5
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.8
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030