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S20432 Stainless Steel vs. S42300 Stainless Steel

Both S20432 stainless steel and S42300 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S20432 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S42300 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400
650
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 900
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
4.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.8
5.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
1840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
40

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
11 to 12
Copper (Cu), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.7 to 74
82 to 85.1
Manganese (Mn), % 3.0 to 5.0
1.0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3