S45500 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A302 Alloy Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and ASTM A302 alloy 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 A302 alloy steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 370 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 350 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 410 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 2.4 to 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 48 to 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 17 to 18 |