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EN 1.4971 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5526 Steel

Both EN 1.4971 stainless steel and EN 1.5526 steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 32% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4971 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5526 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
150 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
490 to 1650

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
1.9
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 110
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 300
47

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
17 to 59
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
18 to 40
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
14 to 49

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.16
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 22.5
0 to 0.3
Cobalt (Co), % 18.5 to 21
0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 24.3 to 37.1
97.7 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.8 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 21
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.1 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Tungsten (W), % 2.0 to 3.0
0