S15500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0038 Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and EN 1.0038 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 EN 1.0038 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 7.8 to 53 | |
| 28 to 31 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 240 to 270 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 380 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 200 to 220 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 49 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 72 to 88 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 97.1 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.014 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.55 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |