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S44735 Stainless Steel vs. Grade VDSiCr Steel

Both S44735 stainless steel and grade VDSiCr steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S44735 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade VDSiCr steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
590
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
1950

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.4
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
48

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
70
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
45
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
58

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.5 to 0.6
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
0.5 to 0.8
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.060
Iron (Fe), % 60.7 to 68.4
96.6 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.6 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 1.0
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 1.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.2 to 1.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.0
0