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EN 1.4818 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5507 Steel

Both EN 1.4818 stainless steel and EN 1.5507 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4818 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5507 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
140 to 260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700
450 to 880

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.1
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
16 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
17 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.080
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.080
0.21 to 0.25
Cerium (Ce), % 0.030 to 0.080
0
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0.25 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 65.6 to 71.8
97.8 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.8 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 11
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.060