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S31730 Stainless Steel vs. S32205 Stainless Steel

Both S31730 stainless steel and S32205 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S32205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 40
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
370
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Shear Strength, MPa 370
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
510

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
1070
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
18
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.6
3.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 63
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
36
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 99
630
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
23
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
22 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 52.4 to 61
63.7 to 70.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
3.0 to 3.5
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 16.5
4.5 to 6.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0.14 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.020