S15500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4662 Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and EN 1.4662 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4662 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 430 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 520 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 810 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 580 to 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 1090 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 33 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 840 to 940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 29 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 3.9 |
| 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 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0.1 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 62.6 to 70.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 3.0 to 4.5 |
| 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 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |