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EN 1.5503 Steel vs. EN 1.4742 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5503 steel and EN 1.4742 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.5503 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4742 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 120 to 160
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 17
17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 280
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 270 to 320
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 400 to 520
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270 to 430
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
19
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
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 41 to 81
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 490
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 14 to 19
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 15 to 18
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
5.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 15
21

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.7 to 1.2
Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.16 to 0.2
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 99.239
77.2 to 81.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0.7 to 1.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015