EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 790 to 1090 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 620 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 48 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |