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S33228 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI S6 Steel

Both S33228 stainless steel and SAE-AISI S6 steel are iron alloys. They have 41% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S33228 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI S6 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
670 to 1920

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 37
3.2
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 89
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
56

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
2.7
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
24 to 70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
22 to 45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
22 to 64

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.025
0
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.080
0.4 to 0.5
Cerium (Ce), % 0.050 to 0.1
0
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 28
1.2 to 1.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 36.5 to 42.3
92.8 to 94.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.2 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 31 to 33
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.6 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
2.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.4