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S15500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel

Both S15500 stainless steel and EN 1.4501 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 1.4501 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 290 to 430
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 16
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350 to 650
430
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 7.8 to 53
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
80
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 870
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890 to 1490
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 590 to 1310
600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
42
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 120
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 890 to 4460
870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 53
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 37
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 50
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 15.5
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 2.5 to 4.5
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 71.9 to 79.9
57.6 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
6.0 to 8.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.45
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.5 to 1.0