EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
200 to 460 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
1.1 to 29 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
370 to 770 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 550 | |
770 to 1070 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 900 | |
1180 to 1890 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 570 | |
500 to 1770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
400 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
870 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
3.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
47 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
23 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 220 | |
17 to 270 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 120 to 820 | |
640 to 4660 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 32 | |
42 to 67 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
32 to 43 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
4.2 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
39 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.75 to 1.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.090 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
14 to 16 |
Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
69.6 to 76.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
2.0 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
6.5 to 7.7 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.030 |