ASTM A372 Grade M Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A372 grade M steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A372 grade M steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 240 to 280 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 21 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 570 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 to 910 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 770 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.1 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 61 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 3.4 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1140 to 1580 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 32 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.5 to 95.1 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.8 to 3.9 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |