S45000 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6570 Steel
Both S45000 stainless steel and EN 1.6570 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6570 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 410 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 14 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 650 | |
| 500 to 660 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1410 | |
| 910 to 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
| 760 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 440 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.7 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 3.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 94 to 160 | |
| 120 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4400 | |
| 1520 to 3010 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 50 | |
| 32 to 40 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 36 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 47 | |
| 27 to 33 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.28 to 0.35 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.1 to 79.3 | |
| 94 to 96.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 1.6 to 2.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |