S15500 Stainless Steel vs. AWS ERNiMo-3
S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS ERNiMo-3 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (17, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS ERNiMo-3.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 83 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 770 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1600 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1540 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 15 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 190 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 270 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 24 |
Alloy Composition
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| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 4.0 to 7.0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 53.7 to 69 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Residuals, % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |