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S41050 Stainless Steel vs. S40930 Stainless Steel

Both S41050 stainless steel and S40930 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S41050 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S40930 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 25
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 77
76
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 300
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
460
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 720
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
10

Electrical Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
8.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
2.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
32
Embodied Water, L/kg 97
94

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
11
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98
80
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
16
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.2
6.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 12.5
10.5 to 11.7
Iron (Fe), % 84.2 to 88.9
84.7 to 89.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.6 to 1.1
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.080 to 0.75
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.050 to 0.2