AISI 420 Stainless Steel vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 420 stainless steel and S35500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 420 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 8.0 to 15 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 670 | |
| 690 to 730 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 1010 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1720 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1310 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 620 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.5 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 130 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 380 to 4410 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 41 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.3 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 62 | |
| 44 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 82.3 to 87.9 | |
| 73.2 to 77.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 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 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |