S15500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7336 Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and EN 1.7336 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S15500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7336 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 240 to 310 |
| Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J | 7.8 to 53 | |
| 39 to 46 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 340 to 440 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 40 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 3.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 53 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 3.2 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 310 to 510 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 1.0 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 95.6 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |