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EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5522 Steel

Both EN 1.4859 stainless steel and EN 1.5522 steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4859 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5522 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
140 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
210 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
450 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
300 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
1.9
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 88
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 91
45 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
250 to 720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
16 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
17 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
13 to 44

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0.2 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 40.3 to 49
98 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.9 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 31 to 33
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025