S28200 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8740 Steel
Both S28200 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8740 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S28200 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8740 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 260 | |
170 to 200 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
11 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 | |
270 to 350 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 610 | |
370 to 400 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 | |
580 to 670 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 | |
380 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
410 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1380 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1330 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
2.6 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
1.5 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
20 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
50 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 330 | |
71 to 120 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 540 | |
390 to 850 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 | |
20 to 24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 | |
20 to 22 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
17 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
0.38 to 0.43 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
0.4 to 0.6 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 57.7 to 64.1 | |
96.5 to 97.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 17 to 19 | |
0.75 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
0.2 to 0.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0.4 to 0.7 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.15 to 0.35 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |