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EN 1.8516 Steel vs. S30615 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8516 steel and S30615 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.8516 steel and the bottom bar is S30615 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 330
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570
270
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
75
Shear Strength, MPa 660
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1100
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 910
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
340
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 470
960
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1370
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1320
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
500
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 39
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.7
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 22
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 61
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.2
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2190
260
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 39
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 10
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 32
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.8 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.27
0.16 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 3.0 to 3.5
17 to 19.5
Iron (Fe), % 94.6 to 96.1
56.7 to 65.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.4 to 0.7
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 0.7
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
13.5 to 16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.4
3.2 to 4.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030