R04295 Alloy vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
R04295 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R04295 alloy and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 100 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.38 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 37 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 260 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 7.2 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 950 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Hafnium (Hf), % | 9.0 to 11 | |
| 0 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 85.9 to 90.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.7 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |