S20910 Stainless Steel vs. Solder Alloy 135
S20910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while solder alloy 135 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is solder alloy 135.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 27 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 20 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.41 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 9.5 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 35 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 36 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 190 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 160 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
| 42 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 90 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 7.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 120 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 720 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 1.5 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 9.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 1.0 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 2.4 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 3.5 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.8 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 67.1 to 70 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 29.5 to 30.5 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |