EN 1.5662 Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.5662 steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5662 steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 230 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 91 to 130 | |
| 7.8 to 53 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 57 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 470 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 750 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 660 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.7 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.8 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 63 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1150 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.6 to 91.2 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 10 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |