EN 1.3519 Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.3519 steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 EN 1.3519 steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 220 | |
| 280 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 730 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.6 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 55 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 22 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.4 to 96.8 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.45 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |