S45503 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and AISI 301L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 240 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 440 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 620 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 250 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 640 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 22 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 14 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 70.7 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 6.0 to 8.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |