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S30601 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5526 Steel

Both S30601 stainless steel and EN 1.5526 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% 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 S30601 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5526 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
150 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 56
65 to 71
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
490 to 1650

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
47

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
17 to 59
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
18 to 40
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
14 to 49

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 56.9 to 60.5
97.7 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.8 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 18
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 5.6
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.013
0 to 0.025