S45503 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A387 Grade 11 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and ASTM A387 grade 11 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A387 grade 11 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 200 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 320 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 270 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 430 |
| 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 | 15 | |
| 2.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 3.1 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 100 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.050 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 96.2 to 97.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |