EN 1.5535 Steel vs. S30615 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5535 steel and S30615 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.5535 steel and the bottom bar is S30615 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 180 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 22 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 320 | |
| 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 1490 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 to 500 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1370 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 250 | |
| 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 240 to 680 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 53 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 37 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 44 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.00080 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.2 to 0.25 | |
| 0.16 to 0.24 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 17 to 19.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.6 to 98.9 | |
| 56.7 to 65.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.9 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 13.5 to 16 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 3.2 to 4.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |