Type 1 Magnetic Alloy vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both Type 1 magnetic alloy and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 Type 1 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.0 to 38 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 to 830 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 790 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 77 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 33 to 150 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 1690 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 28 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 24 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 50.7 to 56.5 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 43.5 to 46.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |