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EN 1.6554 Steel vs. S21640 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6554 steel and S21640 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is S21640 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230 to 280
230
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 21
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 520
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 930
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550 to 790
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.6
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.7
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
17
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 53
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140 to 150
280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 810 to 1650
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 33
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 27
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.23 to 0.28
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
17.5 to 19.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 94.6 to 97.3
63 to 74.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
3.5 to 6.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.3
0.5 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 2.0
4.0 to 6.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.080 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.030
0