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S31730 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9260 Steel

Both S31730 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9260 steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S31730 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 9260 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
260
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 370
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
380

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
2.0
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 63
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 99
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 52.4 to 61
96.1 to 96.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 16.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
1.8 to 2.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.040