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EN 1.5510 Steel vs. EN 1.4361 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5510 steel and EN 1.4361 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 1.5510 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4361 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 190
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
43
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 330
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
75
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 380
440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450 to 1600
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 520
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
350
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1370
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
52
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 46 to 260
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 710
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 57
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 39
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 47
15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.25 to 0.3
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
16.5 to 18.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 99.149
58.7 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
14 to 16
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
3.7 to 4.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010