AISI 436 (S43600) Stainless Steel
AISI 436 stainless steel is a ferritic stainless steel formulated for primary forming into wrought products. Cited properties are appropriate for the annealed condition. 436 is the AISI designation for this material. S43600 is the UNS number.
It has a moderately high ductility and a moderately low electrical conductivity among wrought ferritic stainless steels.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare AISI 436 stainless steel to: wrought ferritic stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
200 GPa 29 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
25 %
Fatigue Strength
190 MPa 28 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness
77
Shear Modulus
77 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
320 MPa 47 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
500 MPa 73 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
270 MPa 40 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
280 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion
460 °C 870 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
880 °C 1610 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1450 °C 2640 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1410 °C 2560 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
480 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity
25 W/m-K 14 BTU/h-ft-°F
Thermal Expansion
10 µm/m-K
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume
2.4 % IACS
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific)
2.8 % IACS
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
12 % relative
Density
7.7 g/cm3 480 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
2.7 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
38 MJ/kg 16 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
120 L/kg 15 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
20
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
110 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
190 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
18 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
18 points
Thermal Diffusivity
6.7 mm2/s
Thermal Shock Resistance
18 points
Alloy Composition
Among wrought stainless steels, the composition of AISI 436 stainless steel is notable for including niobium (Nb). Niobium is primarily used to improve yield strength, particularly at elevated temperatures.
| Fe | 77.8 to 83.3 | |
| Cr | 16 to 18 | |
| Mo | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Si | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Nb | 0 to 0.8 | |
| C | 0 to 0.12 | |
| P | 0 to 0.040 | |
| S | 0 to 0.030 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
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Further Reading
ASTM A240: Standard Specification for Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications
Advanced Materials in Automotive Engineering, Jason Rowe (editor), 2012
ASTM A959: Standard Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels
Corrosion of Stainless Steels, A. John Sedriks, 1996
ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels, J. R. Davis (editor), 1994
Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010
CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook, 4th ed., James F. Shackelford et al. (editors), 2015