Annealed S35000 Stainless Steel vs. Annealed SAE-AISI S6
Both annealed S35000 stainless steel and annealed SAE-AISI S6 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 annealed S35000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI S6.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 | |
| 230 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 950 | |
| 410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1570 | |
| 670 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 41 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 3.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 2.7 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 170 | |
| 89 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1070 | |
| 340 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 56 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 38 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 11 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 51 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.11 | |
| 0.4 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.7 to 76.9 | |
| 92.8 to 94.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 1.2 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |