S32615 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1026 Steel
Both S32615 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1026 steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S32615 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1026 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 28 | |
| 17 to 27 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 200 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 46 | |
| 45 to 55 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 | |
| 500 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 | |
| 270 to 470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 370 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 990 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1310 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 63 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 | |
| 89 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 160 | |
| 200 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 16 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0.22 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 19.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 46.4 to 57.9 | |
| 98.7 to 99.18 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 4.8 to 6.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |