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S41050 Stainless Steel vs. S42300 Stainless Steel

Both S41050 stainless steel and S42300 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% 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 S41050 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S42300 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
330
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 25
9.1
Fatigue Strength, MPa 160
440
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 300
650
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 470
1100
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230
850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 390
380
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 720
750
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 27
25
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
4.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
5.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
9.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 97
110

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
21
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 98
93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140
1840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
39
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
30
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.2
6.8
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
40

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.040
0.27 to 0.32
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 12.5
11 to 12
Iron (Fe), % 84.2 to 88.9
82 to 85.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
1.0 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.6 to 1.1
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.025
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3