Solder Alloy 401 vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Solder alloy 401 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 22 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 S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 9.0 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 50 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.36 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 19 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 29 | |
| 780 to 940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 60 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 230 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 220 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 66 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 22 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 15 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 250 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 1200 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 3.8 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.1 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.9 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 40 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 1.9 | |
| 17 to 21 |
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 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.5 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 98.5 to 99.5 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |