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S32906 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 405 Stainless Steel

Both S32906 stainless steel and AISI 405 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32906 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 405 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 460
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
76
Shear Strength, MPa 550
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 850
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 620
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

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 20
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.7
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 41
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 950
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
11.5 to 14.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.6 to 63.6
82.5 to 88.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.8 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.6
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.8 to 7.5
0 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030