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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8893 Steel

Both S45000 stainless steel and EN 1.8893 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8893 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 410
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 14
16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 650
470
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 590 to 830
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
720

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
40
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
2.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
23
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 160
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 850 to 4400
1370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
0 to 0.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 72.1 to 79.3
95.6 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.4 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0.3 to 0.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12