ACI-ASTM CB30 Steel vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
Both ACI-ASTM CB30 steel and S35500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ACI-ASTM CB30 steel and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.6 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 44 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 21 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.9 to 82 | |
| 73.2 to 77.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |