S15500 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 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 420 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 420 to 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 88 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 380 to 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |