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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6554 Steel

Both S45000 stainless steel and EN 1.6554 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6554 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 410
230 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 14
17 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 650
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
780 to 930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
550 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
3.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
53

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 160
140 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 850 to 4400
810 to 1650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
27 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.23 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 72.1 to 79.3
94.6 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
1.0 to 2.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants