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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel

Both S45000 stainless steel and AISI 301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% 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 S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 410
190 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 14
7.4 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 650
210 to 600
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
77
Shear Strength, MPa 590 to 830
410 to 860
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
590 to 1460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
230 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 160
99 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 850 to 4400
130 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
21 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
20 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.5
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
12 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 72.1 to 79.3
70.7 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants