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S32520 Stainless Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel

Both S32520 stainless steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32520 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
37
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
250
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Reduction in Area, % 46
56
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
75
Shear Strength, MPa 560
450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
660
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 630
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
950
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.0
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 41
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
200
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 960
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
17 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 2.0
0 to 0.35
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 66.8
56.9 to 60.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.5 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 8.0
17 to 18
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.35
0 to 0.050
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
5.0 to 5.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.013