S38815 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5408 Steel
Both S38815 stainless steel and EN 1.5408 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5408 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 | |
| 460 to 1620 |
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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 2.0 |
| 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
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 16 to 57 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 17 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 13 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.28 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13 to 15 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.1 to 67 | |
| 97.7 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0.080 to 0.12 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |