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AISI 405 Stainless Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 405 stainless steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 405 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 22
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 51
56
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 300
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 820
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1530
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1480
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
20
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 13
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 84
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 11.5 to 14.5
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 82.5 to 88.4
56.9 to 60.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.6
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.013