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EN 1.3536 Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.3536 steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 EN 1.3536 steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
280 to 500
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
1370 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 440
760
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.9
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.6
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 21
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 55
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 2.8
13
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
48 to 64

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 1.7 to 2.0
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 96 to 97.4
71.5 to 79.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.2 to 0.35
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Oxygen (O), % 0 to 0.0015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.45
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.8 to 1.4