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S15700 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5502 Steel

Both S15700 stainless steel and EN 1.5502 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 S15700 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5502 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 460
120 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 29
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370 to 770
190 to 290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 770 to 1070
280 to 330
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1180 to 1890
400 to 1380
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500 to 1770
270 to 440

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
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 17 to 270
41 to 210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640 to 4660
200 to 520
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42 to 67
14 to 49
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 43
15 to 35
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 39 to 63
12 to 40

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0.15 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.8
98 to 99.249
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.7
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025

Comparable Variants