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S20432 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 309 Stainless Steel

Both S20432 stainless steel and AISI 309 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20432 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 309 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
180 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
34 to 47
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
250 to 280
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Rockwell B Hardness 81
84
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
78
Shear Strength, MPa 400
420 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
600 to 710
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
260 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
200 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
170 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
20 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
14 to 16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.2
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
22 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.7 to 74
58 to 66
Manganese (Mn), % 3.0 to 5.0
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 6.0
12 to 15
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030