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EN 1.5502 Steel vs. S21600 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5502 steel and S21600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5502 steel and the bottom bar is S21600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 160
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 20
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 290
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 62 to 76
56
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 330
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 1380
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 440
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 210
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 520
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 49
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 35
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 40
15

Alloy Composition

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
17.5 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.249
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030