R05240 Alloy vs. S15700 Stainless Steel
R05240 alloy belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S15700 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is R05240 alloy and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 150 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 1.1 to 29 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 57 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 270 | |
| 1180 to 1890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 170 | |
| 500 to 1770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 210 | |
| 290 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 6.8 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 14 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 460 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 | |
| 17 to 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 90 | |
| 640 to 4660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 6.3 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 5.4 | |
| 42 to 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 6.8 | |
| 32 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 39 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 69.6 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 6.5 to 7.7 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 35 to 42 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 57.9 to 65 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |