Solder Alloy 401 vs. S15500 Stainless Steel
Solder alloy 401 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S15500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is solder alloy 401 and the bottom bar is S15500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 9.0 | |
| 290 to 430 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 50 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 6.8 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 29 | |
| 890 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 60 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 66 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 14 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 17 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 250 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 32 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.9 | |
| 26 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 40 | |
| 4.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.9 | |
| 30 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 2.5 to 4.5 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 71.9 to 79.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.45 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 98.5 to 99.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |