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AISI 409 Stainless Steel vs. S35045 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 409 stainless steel and S35045 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 409 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S35045 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 24
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
78
Shear Strength, MPa 270
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
310
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
520
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
34
Density, g/cm3 7.7
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
5.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
83
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
230

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
12

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.060 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
25 to 29
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 84.9 to 89.5
29.4 to 42.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
32 to 37
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.6