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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0237 Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and EN 1.0237 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0237 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 11
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570 to 890
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 790 to 1090
290
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
88
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
98 to 100
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.8 to 1.4
0