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S32750 Stainless Steel vs. S42300 Stainless Steel

Both S32750 stainless steel and S42300 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32750 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S42300 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 17
9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 360
440
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
77
Shear Strength, MPa 530
650
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 590
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
4.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
5.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.1
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 56
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 43
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 860
1840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 31
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
6.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25
40

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
11 to 12
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 58.1 to 66.8
82 to 85.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
1.0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 5.0
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0.24 to 0.32
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.8
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3