EN 1.1132 Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1132 steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 EN 1.1132 steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 140 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 24 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 280 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 63 to 73 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 310 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 370 to 490 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 400 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 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 | 51 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 38 to 110 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 to 430 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 17 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 18 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 16 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.6 to 99.57 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |