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S36200 Stainless Steel vs. S42300 Stainless Steel

Both S36200 stainless steel and S42300 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 S42300 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 4.6
9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 450 to 570
440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 680 to 810
650
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1180 to 1410
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 960 to 1240
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 530
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
4.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
5.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 40
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 46 to 51
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2380 to 3930
1840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 42 to 50
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 32 to 36
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
6.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 40 to 48
40

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.1
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 14.5
11 to 12
Iron (Fe), % 75.4 to 79.5
82 to 85.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
1.0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.3
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.5 to 7.0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Titanium (Ti), % 0.6 to 0.9
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3