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S35115 Stainless Steel vs. S40920 Stainless Steel

Both S35115 stainless steel and S40920 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S35115 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S40920 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 280
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 86
77
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Shear Strength, MPa 470
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 26
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 67
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 250
78
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240
97
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 25
10.5 to 11.7
Iron (Fe), % 47.6 to 55.8
85.1 to 89.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 19 to 22
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.5