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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. S44536 Stainless Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and S44536 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S44536 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
78
Shear Strength, MPa 410
290
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
560
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
13
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
22
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
89
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
200
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
17
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
20 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
72.8 to 80
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 13 to 17
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.050 to 0.8
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.8