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S40920 Stainless Steel vs. S36200 Stainless Steel

Both S40920 stainless steel and S36200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S40920 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S36200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 22
3.4 to 4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 130
450 to 570
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
76
Shear Strength, MPa 270
680 to 810
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430
1180 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190
960 to 1240

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
530
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
820
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
40
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 78
46 to 51
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 97
2380 to 3930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
42 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
32 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.9
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
40 to 48

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
14 to 14.5
Iron (Fe), % 85.1 to 89.4
75.4 to 79.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
6.5 to 7.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.1
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.15 to 0.5
0.6 to 0.9