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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.3515 Steel

Both S45000 stainless steel and EN 1.3515 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3515 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 410
150 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
500 to 1460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
18 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
18 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
15 to 43

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
0.4 to 0.75
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 72.1 to 79.3
97.3 to 99
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.65 to 1.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants