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EN 1.5503 Steel vs. AISI 446 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5503 steel and AISI 446 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.5503 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 446 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 17
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 280
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Reduction in Area, % 63 to 72
50
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 320
360
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 520
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 430
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1180
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 81
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 490
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 19
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 18
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 15
19

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.16 to 0.2
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 0
23 to 27
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 99.239
69.2 to 77
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 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