Type 2 Magnetic Alloy vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
Both Type 2 magnetic alloy and S35500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 56% 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 Type 2 magnetic alloy and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.0 to 38 | |
| 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.3 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 to 910 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 870 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.2 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 33 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.9 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 81 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 18 to 160 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 2010 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 30 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 25 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 44 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 48.2 to 53 | |
| 73.2 to 77.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 47 to 49 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |