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Grade VDCrV Steel vs. AISI 202 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDCrV steel and AISI 202 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDCrV steel and the bottom bar is AISI 202 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 520
210 to 300
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1730
700 to 980

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 49
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
150

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 61
25 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
23 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 51
15 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.62 to 0.72
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.8
63.5 to 71.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
7.5 to 10
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 6.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0