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S44800 Stainless Steel vs. S31060 Stainless Steel

Both S44800 stainless steel and S31060 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 90% 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 S44800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S31060 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
290
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 82
78
Shear Strength, MPa 370
480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 460
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 2.6
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 52
48
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
170

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 42
26
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 480
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
15

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.0010 to 0.010
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.010
0.050 to 0.1
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 28 to 30
22 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.15
0
Iron (Fe), % 62.6 to 66.5
61.4 to 67.8
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0 to 0.070
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.5 to 4.2
0
Nickel (Ni), % 2.0 to 2.5
10 to 12.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.020
0.18 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030