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S44635 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3538 Steel

Both S44635 stainless steel and EN 1.3538 steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S44635 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3538 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 240
200 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710
670 to 740

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
3.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.4
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 62
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 39
3.3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25
24 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
22 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
20 to 22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.025
0.93 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26
1.7 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 61.5 to 68.5
96 to 97.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.5
0.4 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 0.8
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.035
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 0.8
0