S45000 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both S45000 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 98% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 35 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 410 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 14 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 650 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 28 to 44 | |
| 27 to 46 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 590 to 830 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1410 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 94 to 160 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4400 | |
| 890 to 4460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 50 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 36 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 47 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.1 to 79.3 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |