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SAE-AISI 1552 Steel vs. EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1552 steel and EN 1.4587 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1552 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4587 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 250
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 14
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 400
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 760 to 840
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 460 to 650
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 11
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 12
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
36
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
230

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 81 to 98
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 560 to 1130
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 30
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 25
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26 to 29
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.47 to 0.55
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 97.9 to 98.3
32.7 to 41.9
Manganese (Mn), % 1.2 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
28 to 30
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.025