ASTM A210 Steel vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A210 steel and S35500 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A210 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, % | 34 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 690 to 730 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 360 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 540 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 310 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 to 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 to 53 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 to 8.1 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 to 46 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 to 250 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 19 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 44 to 49 |