AISI W1 Steel vs. S35000 Stainless Steel
Both AISI W1 steel and S35000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 AISI W1 steel and the bottom bar is S35000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2320 | |
| 1300 to 1570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 48 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 83 | |
| 46 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 50 | |
| 34 to 38 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 85 | |
| 42 to 51 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| 0.070 to 0.11 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.4 to 98.9 | |
| 72.7 to 76.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.73 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |