S45500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4320 Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4320 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 SAE-AISI 4320 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 500 | |
| 160 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 21 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 370 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 570 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 430 to 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 52 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 20 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 19 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.17 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 95.8 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.45 to 0.65 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 1.7 to 2.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |