S15500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and EN 1.3975 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3975 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 | |
| 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 320 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 270 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 58.2 to 65.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |