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EN 1.4912 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel

Both EN 1.4912 stainless steel and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 1.4912 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
230 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
17 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
380 to 520
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90
30 to 45
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
780 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
550 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
3.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
810 to 1650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
27 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 64.6 to 73.6
94.6 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
1.0 to 2.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.4 to 1.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030