S45500 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 17 to 40 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 32 to 54 | |
| 27 to 46 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 540 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 620 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 98 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |