S35000 Stainless Steel vs. S35500 Stainless Steel
Both S35000 stainless steel and S35500 stainless steel are iron alloys. Their average alloy composition is basically identical.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S35000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 690 to 730 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 26 to 37 | |
| 33 to 42 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 740 to 950 | |
| 810 to 910 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1300 to 1570 | |
| 1330 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1160 | |
| 1200 to 1280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 410 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 900 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 44 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 27 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 28 to 170 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1070 to 3360 | |
| 3610 to 4100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 46 to 56 | |
| 47 to 53 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 34 to 38 | |
| 34 to 37 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.4 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 42 to 51 | |
| 44 to 49 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.11 | |
| 0.1 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 17 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.7 to 76.9 | |
| 73.2 to 77.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.3 | |
| 0.5 to 1.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 2.5 to 3.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.0 to 5.0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.070 to 0.13 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |