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S31277 Stainless Steel vs. S33550 Stainless Steel

Both S31277 stainless steel and S33550 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S33550 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
79
Shear Strength, MPa 600
470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
470
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
24
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.7
4.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 90
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
190

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 51
30
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 410
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.040 to 0.1
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.025 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23
25 to 28
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 35.5 to 46.2
48.8 to 58.2
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0.025 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 3.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.5 to 8.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 26 to 28
16.5 to 20
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.050 to 0.15
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030