S45500 Stainless Steel vs. Solder Alloy 181
S45500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while solder alloy 181 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals. There are 18 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (16, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is solder alloy 181.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 18 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.4 to 11 | |
| 41 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.44 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 6.1 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 to 1850 | |
| 27 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 26 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 310 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 130 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 29 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 6.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 0.86 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 7.7 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 to 65 | |
| 0.66 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 to 42 | |
| 1.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 to 64 | |
| 3.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |
| Antimony (Sb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Arsenic (As), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Bismuth (Bi), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0020 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Gold (Au), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Indium (In), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 | |
| 96.2 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tin (Sn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0010 |