ASTM A209 Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A209 steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. 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 ASTM A209 steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 150 | |
| 280 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 200 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 310 | |
| 790 to 1090 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 250 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 to 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 48 to 64 |