MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S15500 Stainless Steel vs. S40930 Stainless Steel

Both S15500 stainless steel and S40930 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S40930 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 290 to 430
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 16
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350 to 650
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
75
Shear Strength, MPa 540 to 870
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890 to 1490
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 590 to 1310
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98 to 120
80
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 890 to 4460
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32 to 53
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26 to 37
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 30 to 50
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 15.5
10.5 to 11.7
Copper (Cu), % 2.5 to 4.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.9 to 79.9
84.7 to 89.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.15 to 0.45
0.080 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.050 to 0.2