ASTM A266 Carbon Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A266 carbon steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 27 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 A266 carbon steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 180 | |
| 280 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 26 | |
| 3.4 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 200 | |
| 570 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 43 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 to 380 | |
| 790 to 1090 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 600 | |
| 1370 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 290 | |
| 1240 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 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 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 to 19 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 to 47 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 45 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 48 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 35 to 42 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 19 | |
| 48 to 64 |