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S40945 Stainless Steel vs. S32550 Stainless Steel

Both S40945 stainless steel and S32550 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 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 S40945 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S32550 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
80
Shear Strength, MPa 270
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 430
860
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
620

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
300
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
450
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 8.0
20
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 31
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
40
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 89
160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
940
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.9
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
24 to 27
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 85.1 to 89.3
57.2 to 67
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.9 to 3.9
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
4.5 to 6.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0.18 to 0.4
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0.1 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0.050 to 0.2
0