S20910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A229 Spring Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and ASTM A229 spring steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A229 spring steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 490 to 550 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 710 to 790 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 1020 to 1140 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 1690 to 1890 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 1100 to 1230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 3260 to 4080 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 60 to 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 40 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 54 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0.55 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 97.5 to 99 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |