MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

Grade FDSiCr Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

Both grade FDSiCr steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade FDSiCr steel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 580
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 42
56
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1930
660

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
370
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.2
20
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 69
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 44
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.5 to 0.6
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0.5 to 0.8
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.12
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 96.5 to 97.8
56.9 to 60.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 1.2 to 1.6
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.013