S15700 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1524 Steel
Both S15700 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1524 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 SAE-AISI 1524 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 460 | |
| 170 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 1.1 to 29 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 to 770 | |
| 230 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 770 to 1070 | |
| 360 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1890 | |
| 570 to 650 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 1770 | |
| 320 to 540 |
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 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 8.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 9.5 |
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 | |
| 84 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 640 to 4660 | |
| 270 to 760 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 67 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 43 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.2 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 39 to 63 | |
| 18 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.090 | |
| 0.19 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.8 | |
| 98 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.7 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |