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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8655 Steel

Both S35500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8655 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8655 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 690 to 730
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 810 to 910
390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1200 to 1280
410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3610 to 4100
440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0.51 to 0.59
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
0.4 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
96.4 to 97.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.2
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0.4 to 0.7
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.070 to 0.13
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040