S15500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4618 Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and EN 1.4618 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4618 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
200 to 210 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
51 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
240 to 250 |
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 7.8 to 53 | |
90 to 91 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
480 to 500 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
680 to 700 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
250 to 260 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
410 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
900 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1400 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1360 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
16 |
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 | |
13 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
2.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
39 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
19 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
270 to 280 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
160 to 170 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
24 to 25 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
22 to 23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
15 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
16.5 to 18.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
1.0 to 2.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
62.7 to 72.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
5.5 to 9.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
4.5 to 5.5 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.070 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.010 |