S36200 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CA6NM Steel
Both S36200 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CA6NM steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 S36200 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CA6NM steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 4.6 | |
| 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 to 570 | |
| 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1410 | |
| 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 960 to 1240 | |
| 620 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 530 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 770 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.8 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 3.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 34 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 46 to 51 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2380 to 3930 | |
| 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 50 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 36 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 to 48 | |
| 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 14.5 | |
| 11.5 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.4 to 79.5 | |
| 78.4 to 84.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |