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EN 1.5502 Steel vs. EN 1.4762 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5502 steel and EN 1.4762 stainless 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 1.5502 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4762 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 160
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 20
13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 290
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 330
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 1380
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 440
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
1.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 210
67
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 520
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 49
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 35
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 40
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.2 to 1.7
Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
23 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.249
69.7 to 75.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0.7 to 1.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015