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EN 1.8516 Steel vs. S24000 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8516 steel and S24000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8516 steel and the bottom bar is S24000 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 330
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570
370
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
77
Shear Strength, MPa 660
530
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1100
770
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 910
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 470
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 61
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.2
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2190
470
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 39
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 32
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.27
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 94.6 to 96.1
61.5 to 69
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
11.5 to 14.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.7
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
2.3 to 3.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030