S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.4594 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4594 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 490 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 620 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 1020 to 1170 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 810 to 1140 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 640 | |
| 450 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 19 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 110 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 36 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 29 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 34 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 72.6 to 79.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |