S66286 Stainless Steel vs. AISI W2 Steel
Both S66286 stainless steel and AISI W2 steel are iron alloys. They have 56% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 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 S66286 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI W2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1020 | |
| 580 to 2400 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 26 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.0 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 87 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 36 | |
| 21 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
| 20 to 51 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 22 | |
| 19 to 80 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.85 to 1.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 49.1 to 59.5 | |
| 96.2 to 98.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.74 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.4 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |