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S15500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel

Both S15500 stainless steel and EN 1.4301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 290 to 430
190 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 16
14 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350 to 650
200 to 330
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 7.8 to 53
91 to 94
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 870
430 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890 to 1490
610 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 590 to 1310
220 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 120
110 to 220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 890 to 4460
120 to 820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 53
22 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 37
20 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 50
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 15.5
17.5 to 19.5
Copper (Cu), % 2.5 to 4.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.9 to 79.9
66.8 to 74.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
8.0 to 10.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015

Comparable Variants