EN 1.1203 Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.1203 steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1203 steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 230 | |
| 200 to 460 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 15 | |
| 1.1 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 310 | |
| 370 to 770 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 480 | |
| 770 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 780 | |
| 1180 to 1890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 480 | |
| 500 to 1770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 to 100 | |
| 17 to 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 610 | |
| 640 to 4660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 42 to 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 32 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
| 39 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.52 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 98.9 | |
| 69.6 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 6.5 to 7.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |