EN 1.6582 Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6582 steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6582 steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 300 | |
280 to 500 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
75 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1750 | |
1370 to 1850 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
270 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
760 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.6 | |
17 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
3.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
57 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.2 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 62 | |
48 to 65 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 41 | |
35 to 42 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 51 | |
48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.38 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
11 to 12.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 2.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 94.7 to 96.5 | |
71.5 to 79.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
7.5 to 9.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.4 |