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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9260 Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9260 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 9260 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 11
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570 to 890
260
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
72
Shear Strength, MPa 790 to 1090
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
380

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
120
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
96.1 to 96.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
1.8 to 2.2
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