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EN 1.4749 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5525 Steel

Both EN 1.4749 stainless steel and EN 1.5525 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4749 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5525 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
130 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 16
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
210 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
310 to 350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
440 to 1440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320
300 to 490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
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 17
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 9.6
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.5
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 36
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80
44 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
240 to 640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
16 to 51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
16 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22
13 to 42

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 68.5 to 73.7
97.7 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.9 to 1.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025