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S15700 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5525 Steel

Both S15700 stainless steel and EN 1.5525 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 1.5525 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 460
130 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 1.1 to 29
11 to 21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370 to 770
210 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 770 to 1070
310 to 350
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1180 to 1890
440 to 1440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500 to 1770
300 to 490

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
50
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
8.2

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
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 17 to 270
44 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640 to 4660
240 to 640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42 to 67
16 to 51
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 43
16 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 39 to 63
13 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.090
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.8
97.7 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.9 to 1.2
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