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S30441 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 445 Stainless Steel

Both S30441 stainless steel and AISI 445 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S30441 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 445 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 81
71
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 400
310
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
480
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
5.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0.3 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 71.7
74.9 to 80.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.6
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.012
Tungsten (W), % 0.2 to 0.8
0