S31727 Stainless Steel vs. S24000 Stainless Steel
Both S31727 stainless steel and S24000 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S31727 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S24000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
| 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 56 | |
| 57 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 83 | |
| 88 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 35 | |
| 23 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
| 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.8 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 53.7 to 61.3 | |
| 61.5 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 11.5 to 14.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 14.5 to 16.5 | |
| 2.3 to 3.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.21 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |