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EN 1.6579 Steel vs. S28200 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.6579 steel and S28200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6579 steel and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260 to 290
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 14
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380 to 570
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 850 to 980
870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 600 to 910
460

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 1410
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.4
29
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100 to 120
330
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 950 to 2210
540
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30 to 35
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 28
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.32 to 0.38
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 1.4 to 1.7
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 94.2 to 96.1
57.7 to 64.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 1.0
17 to 19
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.35
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 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030