S45500 Stainless Steel vs. S36200 Stainless Steel
Both S45500 stainless steel and S36200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 95% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S36200 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 3.4 to 4.6 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 570 to 890 | |
| 450 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 32 to 54 | |
| 25 to 33 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 790 to 1090 | |
| 680 to 810 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 1180 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1240 to 1700 | |
| 960 to 1240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 620 | |
| 530 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 820 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 45 to 190 | |
| 46 to 51 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 42 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 32 to 36 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 40 to 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 14 to 14.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 75.4 to 79.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 6.5 to 7.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |