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EN 1.5538 Steel vs. EN 1.4805 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5538 steel and EN 1.4805 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 EN 1.4805 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 190
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 1810
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.0
26
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
66
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
180

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 64
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 42
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 53
11

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.4
0.2 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.2 to 98.5
44.9 to 56.8
Manganese (Mn), % 1.2 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
23 to 27
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
1.0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030