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S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4659 Stainless Steel

Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.4659 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1.4659 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 410 to 500
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 4.6 to 6.8
49
Fatigue Strength, MPa 710 to 800
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
81
Shear Strength, MPa 940 to 1070
640
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1610 to 1850
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1430 to 1700
480

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 640
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
37
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.2
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
6.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
220

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
54
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 82 to 110
370
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 57 to 65
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 39 to 43
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 56 to 64
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
23 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
1.0 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 72.4 to 78.9
35.7 to 45.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
2.0 to 4.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
5.5 to 6.5
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
21 to 23
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.35 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 1.0 to 1.4
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.5 to 2.5