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EN 1.8936 Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.8936 steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.8936 steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200 to 460
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 20
1.1 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
370 to 770
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 370
770 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
1180 to 1890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 370
500 to 1770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.5
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.6
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.5
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.7
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 24
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 100
17 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370
640 to 4660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
32 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.060
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.2
0
Iron (Fe), % 95.5 to 98.9
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.7
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.1
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
6.5 to 7.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.050
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.2
0