S15500 Stainless Steel vs. S66286 Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and S66286 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% 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 S66286 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 240 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 420 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 620 to 1020 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 280 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 780 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 1.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 26 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 6.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 87 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 150 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 190 to 1150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 22 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 13 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 13.5 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 49.1 to 59.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |