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Grade VDC Steel vs. S44700 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDC steel and S44700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDC steel and the bottom bar is S44700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 510
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Reduction in Area, % 50
45
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
82
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1700
600

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 13
11

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
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 47
180

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 Shock Resistance, points 50
19

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
28 to 30
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.15
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 99.35
64.9 to 68.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 1.0
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 0.020
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 0.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020