S30601 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A242 HSLA Steel
Both S30601 stainless steel and ASTM A242 HSLA steel are iron alloys. They have 59% 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 S30601 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A242 HSLA steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
150 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 37 | |
22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
230 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 450 | |
310 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
490 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
330 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 20 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
95 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 230 | |
290 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
17 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
14 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 18 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0.2 to 0.45 |
Iron (Fe), % | 56.9 to 60.5 | |
98.2 to 99.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 17 to 18 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.15 |
Silicon (Si), % | 5.0 to 5.6 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.013 | |
0 to 0.050 |