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S30601 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8898 Steel

Both S30601 stainless steel and EN 1.8898 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S30601 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8898 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 37
18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 450
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
600
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
2.2
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
650
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
20
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
18

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.060
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.16
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.35
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.9 to 60.5
96.7 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 1.7
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 18
0 to 0.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.025
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 5.6
0 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.013
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.12