S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1170 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.1170 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1170 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 220 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 390 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 640 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 330 to 500 |
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 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 91 to 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 20 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.25 to 0.32 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 96.7 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |