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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

Comparable Variants