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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0038 Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and EN 1.0038 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0038 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
110 to 120
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
23 to 25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
140 to 160
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410
240 to 270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
380 to 430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
200 to 220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
72 to 88
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
110 to 130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
13 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
15 to 16
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
12 to 13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
0 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
97.1 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
0 to 0.080
Nickel (Ni), % 13 to 17
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.014
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.55
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.045