SAE-AISI 1132 Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1132 steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1132 steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
290 to 430 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
6.8 to 16 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
350 to 650 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 46 | |
17 to 40 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
75 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 440 | |
540 to 870 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 720 | |
890 to 1490 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 590 | |
590 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
820 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
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 | 8.2 | |
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 | 48 | |
130 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 97 | |
98 to 120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 940 | |
890 to 4460 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 25 | |
32 to 53 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
26 to 37 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
4.6 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.24 to 0.34 | |
0 to 0.070 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
14 to 15.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
2.5 to 4.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
71.9 to 79.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
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 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
0 to 0.030 |