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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8871 Steel

Both S35500 stainless steel and EN 1.8871 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8871 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 690 to 730
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 810 to 910
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1200 to 1280
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
410
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
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3610 to 4100
550
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
18

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
0 to 0.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
95.1 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.2
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 1.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.070 to 0.13
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.080
Zirconium (Zr), % 0
0 to 0.050