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EN 1.5525 Steel vs. EN 1.4864 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5525 steel and EN 1.4864 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5525 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4864 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 180
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
33
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 310
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
75
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 350
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 440 to 1440
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 490
260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

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
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
75
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 44 to 240
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240 to 640
170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 51
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 36
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 42
17

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.18 to 0.23
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.7 to 98.9
41.7 to 51
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
33 to 37
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
1.0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015