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EN 1.4742 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5535 Steel

Both EN 1.4742 stainless steel and EN 1.5535 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4742 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5535 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
130 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17
11 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
210 to 320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
320 to 370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
450 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
300 to 500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 19
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 84
45 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
240 to 680
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
16 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
17 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.1
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
13 to 44

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.7 to 1.2
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.2 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 77.2 to 81.6
97.6 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.9 to 1.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.7 to 1.4
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025