S38815 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4031 Stainless Steel
Both S38815 stainless steel and EN 1.4031 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4031 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 220 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 400 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 | |
| 670 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 | |
| 390 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 770 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 77 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 380 to 1360 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 24 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 23 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.36 to 0.42 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 12.5 to 14.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.1 to 67 | |
| 83 to 87.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |