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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both S45000 stainless steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 410
200 to 460
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 14
1.1 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 650
370 to 770
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 590 to 830
770 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
1180 to 1890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
500 to 1770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 160
17 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 850 to 4400
640 to 4660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
32 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 72.1 to 79.3
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
6.5 to 7.7
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

Comparable Variants