MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S45500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5536 Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and EN 1.5536 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5536 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
140 to 170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 34 to 45
65 to 71
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
460 to 1600

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
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
16 to 57
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
17 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
14 to 47

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.25 to 0.3
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
97.6 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.9 to 1.2
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 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.3
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