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EN 1.6553 Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6553 steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6553 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 19 to 21
23 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 460
240 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710 to 800
600 to 1020
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 470 to 670
280 to 630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.5
1.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.7
26
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
6.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130 to 150
190 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 600 to 1190
200 to 1010
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 28
21 to 36
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 24
20 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 23
21 to 35

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.35
Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0.23 to 0.28
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.8
13 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 95.6 to 98.2
49.2 to 59
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
1.0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
1.0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0.4 to 0.8
24 to 27
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.9 to 2.3
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.030
0.1 to 0.5

Comparable Variants