S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6368 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.6368 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6368 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
200 to 210 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
310 to 330 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
410 to 430 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
660 to 690 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
460 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
410 |
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 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
3.4 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
1.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
22 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
53 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
110 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
23 to 24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
21 to 22 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
20 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.015 to 0.040 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.17 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
0.5 to 0.8 |
Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
95.1 to 97.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.8 to 1.2 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0.25 to 0.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
1.0 to 1.3 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
0.015 to 0.045 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0.25 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
0 |