S13800 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3555 Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and EN 1.3555 steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3555 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 540 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1500 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 9.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 5.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 90 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 3.9 to 4.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 85.4 to 87.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 4.0 to 4.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 3.2 to 3.6 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.1 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |