S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0434 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.0434 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 EN 1.0434 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 110 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 12 to 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 17 to 28 | |
| 64 to 74 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 280 to 330 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 390 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 250 to 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 39 to 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 15 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 12 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.15 to 0.19 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 98.8 to 99.18 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.65 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| 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 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |