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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7233 Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and EN 1.7233 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7233 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
210 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
18 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
270 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410
450 to 590
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
700 to 960
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
380 to 780

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
430
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
3.0
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
53

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
3.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
110 to 200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
380 to 1630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
25 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 28
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
21 to 28

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.39 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
1.2 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
96.2 to 97.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.4 to 0.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
0.5 to 0.7
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 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.035