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S31730 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5522 Steel

Both S31730 stainless steel and EN 1.5522 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% 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 S31730 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5522 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
140 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
210 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
320 to 380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
450 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
300 to 520

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
1.9
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 63
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
45 to 250
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 99
250 to 720
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
16 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
17 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
13 to 44

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 52.4 to 61
98 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.9 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 16.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025