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EN 1.5535 Steel vs. S21600 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5535 steel and S21600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5535 steel and the bottom bar is S21600 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 22
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 320
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 62 to 72
56
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 320 to 370
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450 to 1490
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 500
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 250
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240 to 680
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 53
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 37
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 44
15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.25
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
17.5 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.6 to 98.9
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.2
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030