S45500 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A266 Carbon Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and ASTM A266 carbon steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A266 carbon steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 170 to 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 45 | |
| 34 to 43 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 320 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 500 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 230 to 290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 46 to 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 16 to 19 |