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S32050 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel

Both S32050 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5160 steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32050 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
200 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
180 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 540
390 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
660 to 1150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 370
280 to 1010

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.1
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
2.1
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 81
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 210
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 290
73 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 330
200 to 2700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
23 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
22 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.3
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
19 to 34

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.56 to 0.61
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24
0.7 to 0.9
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.4
0
Iron (Fe), % 43.1 to 51.8
97.1 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 6.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 20 to 23
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.21 to 0.32
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.040