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AISI 301 Stainless Steel vs. S32506 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301 stainless steel and S32506 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S32506 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 440
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 7.4 to 46
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 600
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
81
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 860
440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 1460
710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1080
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
38
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 99 to 300
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 2970
620
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 52
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 37
23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
24 to 26
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
60.8 to 67.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
5.5 to 7.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0.080 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.9
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.050 to 0.3