S20910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A285 Carbon Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and ASTM A285 carbon steel are iron alloys. 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 A285 carbon steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
| 110 to 130 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 30 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 250 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 190 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 to 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
| 94 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 12 to 14 |