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S32520 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Both S32520 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 35 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32520 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
6.8 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
350 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 46
17 to 40
Rockwell C Hardness 28
27 to 46
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
75
Shear Strength, MPa 560
540 to 870
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
890 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 630
590 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 41
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
98 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 960
890 to 4460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
32 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
26 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
30 to 50

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 2.0
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 66.8
71.9 to 79.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 8.0
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.15 to 0.45
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.35
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030