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EN 1.6553 Steel vs. S31730 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6553 steel and S31730 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6553 steel and the bottom bar is S31730 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 240
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 19 to 21
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 460
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710 to 800
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 470 to 670
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.7
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
4.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130 to 150
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 600 to 1190
99
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 28
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 24
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 23
12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.23 to 0.28
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.8
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
4.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 95.6 to 98.2
52.4 to 61
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.3
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.4 to 0.8
15 to 16.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.045
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.010
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.030
0