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EN 1.5502 Steel vs. S31727 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5502 steel and S31727 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% 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 S31727 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
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 290
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 62 to 76
56
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 330
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 1380
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 440
270

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1010
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
64
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 210
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 520
190
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 49
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 35
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 40
14

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
17.5 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
2.8 to 4.0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.249
53.7 to 61.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.8 to 4.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
14.5 to 16.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.21
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030