AISI W1 Steel vs. S28200 Stainless Steel
Both AISI W1 steel and S28200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI W1 steel and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2320 | |
| 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 21 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 83 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 50 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 85 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.4 to 98.9 | |
| 57.7 to 64.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.73 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |