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EN 1.5510 Steel vs. EN 1.4563 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5510 steel and EN 1.4563 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 37% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 1.4563 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 190
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 330
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
80
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 380
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450 to 1600
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 520
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
36
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
240

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 46 to 260
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 710
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 57
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 39
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 47
13

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.25 to 0.3
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
26 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0.7 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 99.149
31.6 to 40.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 32
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010