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EN 1.5918 Steel vs. S28200 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5918 steel and S28200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5918 steel and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160 to 190
260
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 1390
870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
12
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 49
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 35
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 41
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.14 to 0.2
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 1.4 to 1.7
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0.75 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 94.9 to 96.6
57.7 to 64.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
17 to 19
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 1.4 to 1.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030