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Grade VDSiCr Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both grade VDSiCr steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% 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 VDSiCr steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 590
200 to 460
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 1950
1180 to 1890

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.2
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
140

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 70
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 45
32 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 58
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0.5 to 0.6
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 0.5 to 0.8
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.060
0
Iron (Fe), % 96.6 to 97.8
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.5 to 7.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.2 to 1.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030