S15500 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 347 Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and AISI 347 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 347 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
| 160 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 34 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 220 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 610 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 240 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 190 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 150 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 64.1 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 9.0 to 13 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |