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S32950 Stainless Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel

Both S32950 stainless steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S32950 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
280 to 410
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 17
6.8 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330
330 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Rockwell C Hardness 28
28 to 44
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
76
Shear Strength, MPa 480
590 to 830
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
980 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550
580 to 1310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
13
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 37
17
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
94 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 730
850 to 4400
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
35 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
28 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
33 to 47

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
14 to 16
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.3 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 60.3 to 69.4
72.1 to 79.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.0 to 2.5
0.5 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.2
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.35
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.6
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030