S13800 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5508 Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and EN 1.5508 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5508 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 11 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 62 | |
| 62 to 74 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
| 300 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 420 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 310 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 44 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 260 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 15 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 12 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 97.9 to 99.199 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |