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EN 1.5538 Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5538 steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5538 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1810
690 to 1720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
620
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.0
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
100

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 64
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 42
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 53
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.4
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.2 to 98.5
82.3 to 87.9
Manganese (Mn), % 1.2 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.75
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants