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EN 1.4460 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4460 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 21
6.8 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
350 to 650
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 83
7.8 to 53
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
75
Shear Strength, MPa 470
540 to 870
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
890 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
590 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 34
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
98 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
890 to 4460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
32 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
26 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
30 to 50

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 60.2 to 69.2
71.9 to 79.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 6.5
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030