EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4913 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 1.4913 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 480 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 850 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 430 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 700 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 160 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1860 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 34 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 88.3 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |