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EN 1.5520 Steel vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5520 steel and EN 1.4415 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5520 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
17 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 300
470 to 510
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 290 to 340
520 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 410 to 1410
830 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 480
730 to 840

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
19
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
9.9

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
120

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 42 to 230
150 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240 to 600
1350 to 1790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15 to 50
29 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 36
25 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
5.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 41
30 to 34

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.15 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
11.5 to 13.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.7 to 98.9
75.9 to 82.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.2
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.5 to 6.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.5

Comparable Variants