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AISI 439 Stainless Steel vs. S32101 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 439 stainless steel and S32101 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 439 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S32101 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 310
490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 530
430
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.4
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 34
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
27
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 95
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 160
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
20

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.15
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
21 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 77.1 to 82.8
67.3 to 73.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
1.4 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0.2 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.2 to 1.1
0