S45500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7366 Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and EN 1.7366 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% 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 1.7366 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 140 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 160 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 290 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 460 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 230 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 510 |
| 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 | |
| 4.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 23 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 69 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 6.8 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 74 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 17 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 91.9 to 95.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| 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 to 0.4 |
| 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 |