EN 1.6579 Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6579 steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 260 to 290 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 570 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 35 to 41 | |
| 7.8 to 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 to 980 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 600 to 910 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 39 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.8 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.7 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.4 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 120 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 950 to 2210 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 11 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.2 to 96.1 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |