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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5537 Steel

Both S35500 stainless steel and EN 1.5537 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5537 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
520 to 1760

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
48
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
47

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
18 to 63
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
18 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
15 to 52

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0.33 to 0.38
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
97.6 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0.8 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.070 to 0.13
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025