S45503 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7077 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and EN 1.7077 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.7077 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 17 to 28 | |
| 63 to 68 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 490 to 1750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 17 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 14 to 51 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.34 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 96.8 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |