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SAE-AISI 8620 Steel vs. S28200 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 8620 steel and S28200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 8620 steel and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 210
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 31
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270 to 360
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 420
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 520 to 690
870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 360 to 570
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.6
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 150
330
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 340 to 880
540
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 24
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 22
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 20
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.18 to 0.23
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 96.9 to 98
57.7 to 64.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
17 to 19
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.15 to 0.25
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0.4 to 0.7
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030