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S44800 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel

Both S44800 stainless steel and EN 1.5502 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S44800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5502 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
120 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
190 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 45
62 to 76
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
280 to 330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
400 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
270 to 440

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.6
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
41 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 480
200 to 520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
14 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
15 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
12 to 40

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 66.5
98 to 99.249
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.3
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025