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S30530 Stainless Steel vs. S40910 Stainless Steel

Both S30530 stainless steel and S40910 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S30530 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S40910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 79
76
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 410
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 970
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 22
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210
80
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 20.5
10.5 to 11.7
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 58.4 to 72.5
85 to 89.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.5 to 11.5
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.17
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 2.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.5