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S30452 Stainless Steel vs. S38815 Stainless Steel

Both S30452 stainless steel and S38815 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S30452 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S38815 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 440
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 180
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
13 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 66.3 to 73.8
56.1 to 67
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
13 to 17
Nitrogen (N), % 0.16 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
5.5 to 6.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020