S45503 Stainless Steel vs. Type 2 Magnetic Alloy
Both S45503 stainless steel and Type 2 magnetic alloy are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is Type 2 magnetic alloy.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 2.0 to 38 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 510 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 260 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 33 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.4 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 5.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 81 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 18 to 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 17 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 48.2 to 53 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 47 to 49 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |