S44627 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM Grade LC9 Steel
Both S44627 stainless steel and ASTM grade LC9 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S44627 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM grade LC9 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 | |
| 420 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 51 | |
| 34 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 300 | |
| 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 8.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 31 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 65 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 | |
| 920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 25 to 27.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 69.2 to 74.2 | |
| 87.4 to 91.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 8.5 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |