EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4104 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% 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 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 450 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 800 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.17 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.8 to 84.1 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |