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S13800 Stainless Steel vs. S32520 Stainless Steel

Both S13800 stainless steel and S32520 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S32520 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 290 to 480
270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 18
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 870
460
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Reduction in Area, % 39 to 62
46
Rockwell C Hardness 30 to 51
28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 610 to 1030
560
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1730
860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 660 to 1580
630

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
20
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
4.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
41
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 190
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1090 to 5490
960
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 61
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 41
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 58
24

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.9 to 1.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 12.3 to 13.2
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 73.6 to 77.3
57.3 to 66.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 8.5
5.5 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0.2 to 0.35
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0080
0 to 0.020