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Grade VDCrV Steel vs. S33425 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDCrV steel and S33425 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 53% 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 S33425 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 520
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1730
580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 49
14
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 2.1
27
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
5.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 26
71
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
190

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 61
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 41
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 51
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0.62 to 0.72
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
21 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 97.8 to 98.8
47.2 to 56.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
20 to 23
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.25
0