SAE-AISI S6 Steel vs. S35135 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI S6 steel and S35135 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 40% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 20 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 SAE-AISI S6 steel and the bottom bar is S35135 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 1920 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.2 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.3 | |
| 6.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
| 94 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.7 | |
| 37 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 70 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 45 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 64 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 92.8 to 94.7 | |
| 28.3 to 45 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 30 to 38 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |