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AISI 442 Stainless Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 442 stainless steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 442 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
75
Shear Strength, MPa 370
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
20
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.3
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 23
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 74.1 to 82
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 0.040
0 to 0.013