S44735 Stainless Steel vs. Solder Alloy 137
S44735 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while solder alloy 137 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S44735 stainless steel and the bottom bar is solder alloy 137.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 24 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
| 19 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.42 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 82 | |
| 8.3 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 34 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 33 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 190 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 150 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 27 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 85 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 10 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.4 | |
| 6.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 61 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 660 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 1.3 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 9.2 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 0.9 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 2.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 3.7 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 3.0 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 60.7 to 68.4 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 75.9 to 80 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.6 to 4.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 19.5 to 20.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |