S45500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and EN 1.4477 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4477 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 420 to 490 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 81 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 550 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 880 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 620 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 620 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 3.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 41 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 31 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 26 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 56.6 to 63.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 5.8 to 7.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |