S30615 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1055 Steel
Both S30615 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1055 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S30615 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1055 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 | |
| 260 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 | |
| 440 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 730 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 400 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 960 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 53 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 80 to 85 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 440 to 1070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 23 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.24 | |
| 0.5 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.7 to 65.3 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.2 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |