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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4520 Stainless Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and EN 1.4520 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4520 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 11
26
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570 to 890
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 790 to 1090
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 620
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.025
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
80.1 to 83.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
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
0.15 to 0.8