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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and S13800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
290 to 480
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
11 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
410 to 870
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 410
610 to 1030
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
980 to 1730
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
660 to 1580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
15
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
46
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
150 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
1090 to 5490
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
35 to 61
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
28 to 41
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
33 to 58

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0.9 to 1.4
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
12.3 to 13.2
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
73.6 to 77.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 13 to 17
7.5 to 8.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.0080