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S40920 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1536 Steel

Both S40920 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1536 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 S40920 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1536 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
180 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 22
14 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
240 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 270
400 to 440
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430
640 to 720
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
360 to 600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 78
93 to 98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 97
340 to 950
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
23 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
21 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.9
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
20 to 23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.3 to 0.37
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
0
Iron (Fe), % 85.1 to 89.4
98 to 98.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.2 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.050
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.5
0