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EN 1.5501 Steel vs. EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5501 steel and EN 1.4306 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1.5501 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4306 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 150
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 17
14 to 45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 270
190 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 310
400 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 510
580 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 420
210 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
16
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 40 to 83
110 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 460
110 to 820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 18
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 18
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 15
13 to 20

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.13 to 0.16
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 99.269
64.8 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015