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Grade VDC Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDC steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

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

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 50
17 to 40
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
890 to 1490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
32 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
26 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
30 to 50

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 99.35
71.9 to 79.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 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 0.020
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030