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S42300 Stainless Steel vs. S31060 Stainless Steel

Both S42300 stainless steel and S31060 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 S42300 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S31060 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 330
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 9.1
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 440
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
78
Shear Strength, MPa 650
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1100
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 850
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 380
440
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 750
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 4.5
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 5.2
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 44
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 110
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 93
260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1840
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 39
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.8
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 40
15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0.27 to 0.32
0.050 to 0.1
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12
22 to 24
Iron (Fe), % 82 to 85.1
61.4 to 67.8
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.4
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
10 to 12.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.2 to 0.3
0