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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9254 Steel

Both S35500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9254 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 9254 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14
20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 690 to 730
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
72
Shear Strength, MPa 810 to 910
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1200 to 1280
410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3610 to 4100
450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0.51 to 0.59
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
0.6 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
96.1 to 97.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0.6 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
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
1.2 to 1.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040