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EN 1.5508 Steel vs. EN 1.4482 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5508 steel and EN 1.4482 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.5508 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4482 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 20
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 320
420 to 450
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 300 to 360
510 to 530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420 to 1460
770 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 490
530 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 44 to 230
230 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 640
690 to 820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 52
28 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 36
24 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 43
21 to 22

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
19.5 to 21.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 99.199
66.1 to 74.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.5 to 3.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants