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S32050 Stainless Steel vs. S42300 Stainless Steel

Both S32050 stainless steel and S42300 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S42300 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 46
9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
77
Shear Strength, MPa 540
650
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 370
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 12
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
4.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.1
5.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 31
9.5
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.0
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 81
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 210
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 48
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 290
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 330
1840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.3
6.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
40

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 22 to 24
11 to 12
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.4
0
Iron (Fe), % 43.1 to 51.8
82 to 85.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
1.0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 6.6
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 20 to 23
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.21 to 0.32
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3