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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5507 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.5507 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5507 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
450 to 880

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
410
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
2.0
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
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
16 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
17 to 26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.080
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.21 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0.25 to 0.35
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
97.8 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0.8 to 1.0
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 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.15
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0 to 0.060