ASTM A227 Spring Steel vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A227 spring steel and S45503 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A227 spring steel and the bottom bar is S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 500 to 640 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 900 to 1160 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1030 to 1330 | |
| 940 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1720 to 2220 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1850 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 to 260 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 61 to 79 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 48 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 55 to 71 | |
| 56 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.45 to 0.85 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.4 to 99.1 | |
| 72.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |