S30815 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5508 Steel
Both S30815 stainless steel and EN 1.5508 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S30815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5508 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 11 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 | |
| 62 to 74 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 | |
| 300 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 | |
| 420 to 1460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 | |
| 310 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1020 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 44 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 | |
| 260 to 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 15 to 52 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 16 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 12 to 43 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.8 to 68.4 | |
| 97.9 to 99.199 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.14 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.4 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |