S45500 Stainless Steel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and S13800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 290 to 480 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 11 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 410 to 870 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 39 to 62 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 32 to 54 | |
| 30 to 51 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 610 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 980 to 1730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 620 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 21 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 150 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 35 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 28 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 33 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 12.3 to 13.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 73.6 to 77.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 7.5 to 8.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0080 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |