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S41050 Stainless Steel vs. S33550 Stainless Steel

Both S41050 stainless steel and S33550 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S41050 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S33550 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 77
82
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
79
Shear Strength, MPa 300
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
470
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 720
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 97
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
30
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.2
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.040 to 0.1
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.025 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 12.5
25 to 28
Iron (Fe), % 84.2 to 88.9
48.8 to 58.2
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0.025 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0.6 to 1.1
16.5 to 20
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.050 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030