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Grade VDC Steel vs. S44625 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDC steel and S44625 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 VDC steel and the bottom bar is S44625 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
160

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 60
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 40
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 50
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
25 to 27.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 99.35
69.4 to 74.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020