S15500 Stainless Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both S15500 stainless steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 430 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 16 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 650 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 17 to 40 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 870 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1490 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 to 1310 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 440 | |
| 460 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 120 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 890 to 4460 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 53 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 37 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.6 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 50 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.9 to 79.9 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |