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EN 1.5526 Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5526 steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5526 steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 170
280 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 65 to 71
34 to 45
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490 to 1650
1370 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 59
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 40
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 49
48 to 64

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.27 to 0.32
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 97.7 to 98.9
71.5 to 79.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.1
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
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 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.8 to 1.4