EN 1.3519 Steel vs. S38815 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3519 steel and S38815 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.3519 steel and the bottom bar is S38815 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 220 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 74 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 730 | |
| 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 860 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 54 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 55 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 22 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.4 to 96.8 | |
| 56.1 to 67 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.45 to 0.75 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |