EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4935 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% 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 1.4935 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, % | 16 to 18 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 540 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 880 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 670 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 380 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 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 | 42 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 to 1160 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 86.7 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |