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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. S32506 Stainless Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and S32506 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S32506 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 11
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570 to 890
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Rockwell C Hardness 32 to 54
28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
81
Shear Strength, MPa 790 to 1090
440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 620
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
20
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
38
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
60.8 to 67.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
3.0 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
5.5 to 7.2
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.080 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.9
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.8 to 1.4
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.050 to 0.3