Chromium 33 vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Chromium 33 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S45000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. They have 55% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is chromium 33 and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 850 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 320 | |
| 280 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 14 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 84 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 250 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 450 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 31 to 35 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.3 to 1.2 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 25.7 to 37.9 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 33 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |