S45500 Stainless Steel vs. Monel K-500
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel K-500 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 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 Monel K-500.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 260 to 560 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 61 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 430 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 640 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 310 to 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 280 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 180 to 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 21 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 19 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 21 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.2 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 27 to 33 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 63 to 70.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0.35 to 0.85 |