S13800 Stainless Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 280 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 330 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 62 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 30 to 51 | |
| 28 to 44 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
| 590 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 21 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |