S66286 Stainless Steel vs. AWS BAu-6
S66286 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while AWS BAu-6 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. They have a modest 22% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 15 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (18, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S66286 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AWS BAu-6.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
120 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.39 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
43 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1020 | |
190 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
120 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1050 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1010 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
210 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
16 |
Common Calculations
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
4.0 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
10 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 36 | |
3.2 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 28 | |
4.5 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 22 | |
8.5 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0.0010 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
0 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 13.5 to 16 | |
0 |
Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
69.5 to 70.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 49.1 to 59.5 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 24 to 27 | |
21.5 to 22.5 |
Palladium (Pd), % | 0 | |
7.5 to 8.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 1.9 to 2.4 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Residuals, % | 0 | |
0 to 0.15 |