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EN 1.5510 Steel vs. EN 1.4650 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5510 steel and EN 1.4650 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1.4650 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
48
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 330
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 380
440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450 to 1600
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 520
240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
970
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

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
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 46 to 260
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 710
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 57
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 39
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 47
14

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.25 to 0.3
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
18.5 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 99.149
65.8 to 72.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.0 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.080
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015