S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.5502 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5502 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
12 to 20 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
190 to 290 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
280 to 330 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
400 to 1380 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
270 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
41 to 210 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
14 to 49 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
15 to 35 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
12 to 40 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00080 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0.15 to 0.2 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
98 to 99.249 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
0 |