S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.4938 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% 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 1.4938 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 390 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 540 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 870 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 640 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 640 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 31 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 80.5 to 84.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |