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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A202 Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and ASTM A202 steel are iron alloys. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A202 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
180 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 11
17 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570 to 890
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 790 to 1090
360 to 410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
590 to 670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
350 to 360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
260
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
93 to 96
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
21 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
20 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
17 to 20

Comparable Variants