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ASTM A229 Spring Steel vs. S44700 Stainless Steel

Both ASTM A229 spring steel and S44700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A229 spring steel and the bottom bar is S44700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 490 to 550
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 14
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 710 to 790
300
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
82
Shear Strength, MPa 1020 to 1140
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1690 to 1890
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1100 to 1230
450

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 230
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 3260 to 4080
480
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60 to 67
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40 to 43
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 54 to 60
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.55 to 0.85
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 97.5 to 99
64.9 to 68.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 1.2
0 to 0.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.5 to 4.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.020
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.020