S31277 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A588 Steel
Both S31277 stainless steel and ASTM A588 steel are iron alloys. There are 26 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 S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A588 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 45 | |
22 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 | |
270 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 600 | |
350 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 860 | |
550 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 410 | |
390 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
250 to 260 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
410 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1410 to 1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 36 | |
2.3 to 2.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.7 | |
1.5 to 1.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 90 | |
20 to 22 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 220 | |
50 to 51 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 320 | |
110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 | |
400 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 | |
20 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
19 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
16 |