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Grade TDC Steel vs. S31060 Stainless Steel

Both grade TDC steel and S31060 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade TDC steel and the bottom bar is S31060 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
680

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
170

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0.050 to 0.1
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
22 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.1
0
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 99.4
61.4 to 67.8
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.2
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10 to 12.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.35
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030