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S32101 Stainless Steel vs. S40945 Stainless Steel

Both S32101 stainless steel and S40945 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 83% 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 S32101 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S40945 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 400
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
75
Shear Strength, MPa 490
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
8.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
2.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 38
31
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
89
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 21 to 22
10.5 to 11.7
Copper (Cu), % 0.1 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 67.3 to 73.3
85.1 to 89.3
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.1 to 0.8
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.4 to 1.7
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.18 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.25
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.050 to 0.2