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EN 1.4736 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4736 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4736 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
6.8 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
350 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 370
540 to 870
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
890 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
590 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 500
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 21
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.4
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
13
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 140
98 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
890 to 4460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
32 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
26 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.6
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
30 to 50

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 1.7 to 2.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 77 to 81.1
71.9 to 79.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.8
0