S15700 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel
Both S15700 stainless steel and EN 1.4306 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S15700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4306 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 460 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 29 | |
| 14 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 770 | |
| 190 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 to 1070 | |
| 400 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1890 | |
| 580 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1770 | |
| 210 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 17 to 270 | |
| 110 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 640 to 4660 | |
| 110 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 67 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 43 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 to 63 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.8 | |
| 64.8 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.7 | |
| 10 to 12 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |