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EN 1.5510 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5510 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% 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 1.5510 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 190
230 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
14 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 330
310 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 62 to 72
56 to 62
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 380
500 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450 to 1600
780 to 940
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310 to 520
430 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1080
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
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 46 to 260
120 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 260 to 710
460 to 1640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 57
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 39
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 47
17 to 21

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.25 to 0.3
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 99.149
52.1 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3

Comparable Variants