AISI 431 Stainless Steel vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
Both AISI 431 stainless steel and S35500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 431 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 17 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 430 to 610 | |
| 690 to 730 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 26 | |
| 33 to 42 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 840 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1380 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 710 to 1040 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 400 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1510 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 31 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 16 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 180 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1270 to 2770 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 32 to 50 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 to 43 | |
| 44 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.2 to 83.8 | |
| 73.2 to 77.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 2.5 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |