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EN 1.5023 Steel vs. S31730 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5023 steel and S31730 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5023 steel and the bottom bar is S31730 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 440
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570 to 1860
540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
24
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 67
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 43
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 56
12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.42
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 96.9 to 97.7
52.4 to 61
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
15 to 16.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.045
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.5 to 1.8
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010