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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5408 Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and EN 1.5408 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.5408 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
140 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
460 to 1620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
16 to 57
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
17 to 39
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
13 to 48

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0
Boron (B), % 0
0.00080 to 0.0050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.28 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
97.7 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.8 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
0.080 to 0.12
Nickel (Ni), % 13 to 17
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025