EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. S35000 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and S35000 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 (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S35000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 380 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 740 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 1300 to 1570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 660 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 28 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 28 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
| 1070 to 3360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 46 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 34 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 42 to 51 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.070 to 0.11 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 72.7 to 76.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |