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EN 1.5502 Steel vs. S32550 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5502 steel and S32550 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 S32550 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 160
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 20
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 290
400
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Reduction in Area, % 62 to 76
57
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
80
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 330
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 1380
860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 440
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 210
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 520
940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 49
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 35
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 40
23

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
24 to 27
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.249
57.2 to 67
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.9 to 3.9
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.5 to 6.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.25
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