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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and EN 1.4587 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 1.4587 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 11
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570 to 890
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 620
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
36
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
230

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
43
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
2.0 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
32.7 to 41.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
28 to 30
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.8 to 1.4
0