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S30601 Stainless Steel vs. Grade VDCrV Steel

Both S30601 stainless steel and grade VDCrV steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 S30601 stainless steel and the bottom bar is grade VDCrV steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
520
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Reduction in Area, % 56
51
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
1730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
2.1
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
26
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
49

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
61
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
41
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
51

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0.62 to 0.72
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.35
0 to 0.060
Iron (Fe), % 56.9 to 60.5
97.8 to 98.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.5 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 18
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 5.6
0.15 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.013
0 to 0.020
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.25