S45000 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel
Both S45000 stainless steel and EN 1.4568 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 14 | |
| 2.3 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 650 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 590 to 830 | |
| 520 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1410 | |
| 830 to 1620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
| 330 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 17 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 94 to 160 | |
| 36 to 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4400 | |
| 290 to 5710 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 50 | |
| 30 to 58 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 36 | |
| 25 to 40 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 47 | |
| 23 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.090 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.1 to 79.3 | |
| 70.9 to 76.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 6.5 to 7.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |