S45503 Stainless Steel vs. Monel 400
S45503 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |