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S44536 Stainless Steel vs. S15500 Stainless Steel

Both S44536 stainless steel and S15500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S44536 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
290 to 430
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22
6.8 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190
350 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
75
Shear Strength, MPa 290
540 to 870
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 460
890 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280
590 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 560
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 21
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.6
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 89
98 to 120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200
890 to 4460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
32 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
26 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.6
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
30 to 50

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 20 to 23
14 to 15.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.5 to 4.5
Iron (Fe), % 72.8 to 80
71.9 to 79.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
3.5 to 5.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.050 to 0.8
0.15 to 0.45
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.015
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.8
0