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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8527 Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and EN 1.8527 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% 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 1.8527 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 11
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570 to 890
520
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
74
Shear Strength, MPa 790 to 1090
550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
800

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
490
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
4.0
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
66

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
5.7
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.040 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
3.7 to 4.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
93.2 to 95.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.85 to 1.2
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.4 to 0.6
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 0.035
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.8 to 1.4
0