EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and S35500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 690 to 730 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 44 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 73.2 to 77.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |