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EN 1.8550 Steel vs. S31730 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8550 steel and S31730 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8550 steel and the bottom bar is S31730 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 300
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 470
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 600
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1000
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 760
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
4.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 23
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 67
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.3
30
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1550
99
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 36
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 29
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 29
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.8 to 1.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.37
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 1.5 to 1.8
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 94.4 to 96.3
52.4 to 61
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.85 to 1.2
15 to 16.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.045
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.010