S15500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1021 Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1021 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 SAE-AISI 1021 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 46 to 54 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 310 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 480 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 260 to 450 |
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 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 84 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 180 to 530 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 15 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 98.8 to 99.22 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |