S15500 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A210 Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and ASTM A210 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A210 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 320 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 470 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 290 to 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 to 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 52 to 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.0 to 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 45 to 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 230 to 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 15 to 17 |