S15700 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A225 Steel
Both S15700 stainless steel and ASTM A225 steel are iron alloys. There are 31 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 S15700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A225 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 460 | |
| 190 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 29 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 770 | |
| 330 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 to 1070 | |
| 390 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1890 | |
| 620 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1770 | |
| 460 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 52 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 24 to 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 270 | |
| 120 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 640 to 4660 | |
| 580 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 67 | |
| 22 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 43 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 to 63 | |
| 18 to 24 |