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S30441 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

Both S30441 stainless steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S30441 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
8.0 to 15
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
220 to 670
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 81
84
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
76
Shear Strength, MPa 400
420 to 1010
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580
690 to 1720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
380 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
620
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 50
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
14
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
88 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
380 to 4410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 62 to 71.7
82.3 to 87.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0 to 0.75
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0.2 to 0.8
0