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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6587 Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and EN 1.6587 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6587 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160 to 220
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
520 to 1420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
440
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
3.8
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
58

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
2.6
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
18 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
18 to 36
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15 to 42

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.15 to 0.21
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
1.5 to 1.8
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
94.4 to 96.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.5 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
0.25 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 13 to 17
1.4 to 1.7
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030