MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S33550 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 405 Stainless Steel

Both S33550 stainless steel and AISI 405 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S33550 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 405 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 82
76
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Shear Strength, MPa 470
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 470
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1530
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1480
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
30
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
13
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
8.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0.025 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
11.5 to 14.5
Iron (Fe), % 48.8 to 58.2
82.5 to 88.4
Lanthanum (La), % 0.025 to 0.070
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 16.5 to 20
0 to 0.6
Niobium (Nb), % 0.050 to 0.15
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030