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S35500 Stainless Steel vs. S40920 Stainless Steel

Both S35500 stainless steel and S40920 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S35500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S40920 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 690 to 730
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
75
Shear Strength, MPa 810 to 910
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1330 to 1490
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1200 to 1280
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 870
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.5
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180 to 190
78
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3610 to 4100
97
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 47 to 53
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 34 to 37
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.4
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 49
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.1 to 0.15
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 16
10.5 to 11.7
Iron (Fe), % 73.2 to 77.7
85.1 to 89.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.3
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 5.0
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0.070 to 0.13
0 to 0.030
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 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.5