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EN 1.5501 Steel vs. EN 1.4833 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5501 steel and EN 1.4833 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 1.4833 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 150
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 17
38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 270
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 310
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 390 to 510
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 260 to 420
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
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
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
19
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 40 to 83
180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190 to 460
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 18
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 18
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 15
13

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.13 to 0.16
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
22 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 99.269
58.7 to 66
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
12 to 14
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