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EN 1.5502 Steel vs. S40920 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5502 steel and S40920 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5502 steel and the bottom bar is S40920 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 160
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 20
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 290
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
75
Shear Strength, MPa 280 to 330
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 1380
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 440
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
94

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 210
78
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 520
97
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 49
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 35
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
6.9
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 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
10.5 to 11.7
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.249
85.1 to 89.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
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 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.5