ASTM A285 Carbon Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A285 carbon steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A285 carbon steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 110 to 130 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 30 to 34 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 180 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 250 to 290 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 380 to 450 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 230 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 to 1430 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 94 to 150 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 16 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 17 to 21 |