S35000 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel
Both S35000 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 6150 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 S35000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 15 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 300 to 750 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 740 to 950 | |
| 400 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1300 to 1570 | |
| 630 to 1200 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1160 | |
| 420 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 28 to 170 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1070 to 3360 | |
| 460 to 3590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 56 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 38 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 42 to 51 | |
| 20 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.11 | |
| 0.48 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.7 to 76.9 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |