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EN 1.5502 Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5502 steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 S17600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 160
270 to 410
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 20
8.6 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 290
300 to 680
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 62 to 76
28 to 50
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 330
560 to 880
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 1380
940 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 440
580 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 210
70 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 520
850 to 4390
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 49
34 to 54
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 35
28 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 40
31 to 50

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.4
Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
16 to 17.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.249
71.3 to 77.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 7.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.4 to 1.2