S35000 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D5 Steel
Both S35000 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D5 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 S35000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D5 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 5.4 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 740 to 950 | |
| 470 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1300 to 1570 | |
| 770 to 2030 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 4.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 4.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 56 | |
| 28 to 73 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 38 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 7.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 42 to 51 | |
| 26 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.11 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.7 to 76.9 | |
| 77.9 to 84.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |