S35000 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 440A Stainless Steel
Both S35000 stainless steel and AISI 440A stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S35000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 440A stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 5.0 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 270 to 790 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 740 to 950 | |
| 450 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1300 to 1570 | |
| 730 to 1790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1160 | |
| 420 to 1650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 28 to 170 | |
| 87 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 56 | |
| 26 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 38 | |
| 23 to 43 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 6.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 42 to 51 | |
| 26 to 65 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.11 | |
| 0.6 to 0.75 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.7 to 76.9 | |
| 78.4 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |