S36200 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8620 Steel
Both S36200 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8620 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 S36200 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8620 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 4.6 | |
| 13 to 31 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 450 to 570 | |
| 270 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 680 to 810 | |
| 340 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1180 to 1410 | |
| 520 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 960 to 1240 | |
| 360 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 820 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 39 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 2.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 46 to 51 | |
| 86 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 2380 to 3930 | |
| 340 to 880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 42 to 50 | |
| 18 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 32 to 36 | |
| 18 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 10 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 40 to 48 | |
| 15 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.18 to 0.23 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 14.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.4 to 79.5 | |
| 96.9 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.5 to 7.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.7 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 |