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S15700 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4541 Stainless Steel

Both S15700 stainless steel and EN 1.4541 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S15700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4541 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 460
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 29
14 to 40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370 to 770
190 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
77
Shear Strength, MPa 770 to 1070
410 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1180 to 1890
600 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500 to 1770
220 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 17 to 270
110 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640 to 4660
120 to 830
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42 to 67
21 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 43
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 39 to 63
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.8
65.2 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.7
9.0 to 12
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.7