S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7386 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.7386 steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7386 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 340 to 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 550 to 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 240 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 600 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 88 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 92 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 86.8 to 90.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| 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 | |
| 0.25 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |