S44660 Stainless Steel vs. S31060 Stainless Steel
Both S44660 stainless steel and S31060 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S44660 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S31060 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 | |
| 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.27 |
| Rockwell B Hardness | 88 | |
| 82 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 680 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 640 | |
| 440 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 38 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 | |
| 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 640 | |
| 250 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.010 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 25 to 28 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.4 to 71 | |
| 61.4 to 67.8 |
| Lanthanum (La), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 3.5 | |
| 10 to 12.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0.18 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |