Solder Alloy 131 vs. S35135 Stainless Steel
Solder alloy 131 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while S35135 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 19 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 solder alloy 131 and the bottom bar is S35135 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 38 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 47 | |
| 34 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.39 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 14 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 31 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 46 | |
| 320 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 180 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 180 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 190 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 25 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.8 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 11 | |
| 6.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 94 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 940 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 2.4 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 13 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 1.0 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 2.5 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 2.4 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.0020 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 28.3 to 45 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 35.5 to 37.3 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 30 to 38 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 62.5 to 63.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.0010 | |
| 0 |