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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5520 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.5520 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5520 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 890
210 to 300
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 730 to 1120
290 to 340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
300 to 480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
42 to 230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
15 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
16 to 36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
12 to 41

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
97.7 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0.9 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0