Overview of materials for Stainless Steel

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Overview of materials for Stainless Steel
Categories:	Metal; Ferrous Metal; Stainless Steel
Material Notes:	This property data is a summary of similar materials in the MatWeb database for the category "Stainless Steel". Each property range of values reported is minimum and maximum values of appropriate MatWeb entries. The comments report the average value, and number of data points used to calculate the average. The values are not necessarily typical of any specific grade, especially less common values and those that can be most affected by additives or processing methods.
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Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments

Density	0.190 - 9.01 g/cc	0.00686 - 0.326 lb/in³	Average value: 7.79 g/cc Grade Count:1432
Porosity	0.000 - 5.00 %	0.000 - 5.00 %	Average value: 2.97 % Grade Count:15
Particle Size	0.000 - 300 µm	0.000 - 300 µm	Average value: 37.9 µm Grade Count:88
Permeability	0.0150 - 1.00	0.0150 - 1.00	Average value: 0.509 Grade Count:4
Thickness	20.0 - 508 microns	0.787 - 20.0 mil	Average value: 86.8 microns Grade Count:14

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Brinell	80.0 - 600	80.0 - 600	Average value: 251 Grade Count:564
Hardness, Knoop	97.0 - 662	97.0 - 662	Average value: 301 Grade Count:276
Hardness, Rockwell A	51.1 - 58.0	51.1 - 58.0	Average value: 54.0 Grade Count:8
Hardness, Rockwell B	37.0 - 130	37.0 - 130	Average value: 86.2 Grade Count:503
Hardness, Rockwell C	10.0 - 71.0	10.0 - 71.0	Average value: 39.6 Grade Count:447
Hardness, Vickers	82.0 - 1100	82.0 - 1100	Average value: 294 Grade Count:339
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	32.3 - 3100 MPa	4680 - 450000 psi	Average value: 935 MPa Grade Count:1729
Tensile Strength, Yield	25.0 - 2500 MPa	3630 - 363000 psi	Average value: 669 MPa Grade Count:1638
Elongation at Break	0.000 - 88.0 %	0.000 - 88.0 %	Average value: 26.5 % Grade Count:1583
Elongation at Yield	0.000 - 62.0 %	0.000 - 62.0 %	Average value: 22.7 % Grade Count:22
Reduction of Area	0.500 - 88.0 %	0.500 - 88.0 %	Average value: 49.3 % Grade Count:308
Modulus of Elasticity	2.36 - 310 GPa	342 - 45000 ksi	Average value: 196 GPa Grade Count:1175
Flexural Yield Strength	58.0 - 938 MPa	8410 - 136000 psi	Average value: 479 MPa Grade Count:4
Compressive Yield Strength	262 - 3000 MPa	38000 - 435000 psi	Average value: 1080 MPa Grade Count:11
Notched Tensile Strength	710 - 2230 MPa	103000 - 323000 psi	Average value: 1740 MPa Grade Count:30
Bulk Modulus	166 GPa	24100 ksi	Average value: 166 GPa Grade Count:14
Poissons Ratio	0.120 - 0.380	0.120 - 0.380	Average value: 0.282 Grade Count:310
Fatigue Strength	85.0 - 1070 MPa	12300 - 155000 psi	Average value: 439 MPa Grade Count:54
Fracture Toughness	17.6 - 165 MPa-m½	16.0 - 150 ksi-in½	Average value: 90.9 MPa-m½ Grade Count:9
Machinability	18.0 - 65.0 %	18.0 - 65.0 %	Average value: 31.7 % Grade Count:126
Shear Modulus	62.1 - 86.5 GPa	9000 - 12600 ksi	Average value: 77.6 GPa Grade Count:324
Shear Strength	74.5 - 597 MPa	10800 - 86600 psi	Average value: 358 MPa Grade Count:5
Izod Impact	16.3 - 208 J	12.0 - 153 ft-lb	Average value: 115 J Grade Count:140
Izod Impact Unnotched	13.6 - 149 J	10.0 - 110 ft-lb	Average value: 77.8 J Grade Count:13
Charpy Impact	0.500 - 404 J	0.369 - 298 ft-lb	Average value: 115 J Grade Count:253
Charpy Impact, Unnotched	7.46 - 294 J	5.50 - 217 ft-lb	Average value: 157 J Grade Count:9
Charpy Impact Unnotched	1.59 - 60.0 J/cm²	7.57 - 286 ft-lb/in²	Average value: 22.0 J/cm² Grade Count:3
Charpy Impact, Notched	0.710 - 294 J/cm²	3.38 - 1400 ft-lb/in²	Average value: 137 J/cm² Grade Count:5
Taber Abrasion, mg/1000 Cycles	3.20 - 30.0	3.20 - 30.0	Average value: 11.3 Grade Count:3

Electrical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Electrical Resistivity	0.00000450 - 0.000145 ohm-cm	0.00000450 - 0.000145 ohm-cm	Average value: 0.0000729 ohm-cm Grade Count:962
Magnetic Permeability	1.00 - 3000	1.00 - 3000	Average value: 178 Grade Count:316
Magnetic Coercive Force, H_c	1.20 - 7.00 Oe	1.20 - 7.00 Oe	Average value: 2.40 Oe Grade Count:6
Magnetic Saturation Flux Density, B_max	11900 - 17000 Gauss	11900 - 17000 Gauss	Average value: 15000 Gauss Grade Count:6
Magnetic Remanence, B_r	2500 - 8500 Gauss	2500 - 8500 Gauss	Average value: 6000 Gauss Grade Count:6
Curie Temperature	-115 - 732 °C	-175 - 1350 °F	Average value: 266 °C Grade Count:14

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
CTE, linear	7.02 - 21.1 µm/m-°C	3.90 - 11.7 µin/in-°F	Average value: 15.4 µm/m-°C Grade Count:977
Specific Heat Capacity	0.200 - 0.850 J/g-°C	0.0478 - 0.203 BTU/lb-°F	Average value: 0.478 J/g-°C Grade Count:934
Thermal Conductivity	10.0 - 34.3 W/m-K	69.4 - 238 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F	Average value: 16.7 W/m-K Grade Count:567
Melting Point	1230 - 1530 °C	2250 - 2790 °F	Average value: 1440 °C Grade Count:580
Solidus	1230 - 1480 °C	2250 - 2700 °F	Average value: 1410 °C Grade Count:553
Liquidus	1360 - 1530 °C	2470 - 2790 °F	Average value: 1460 °C Grade Count:553
Maximum Service Temperature, Air	100 - 1400 °C	212 - 2550 °F	Average value: 837 °C Grade Count:368
Minimum Service Temperature, Air	-200 - -30.0 °C	-328 - -22.0 °F	Average value: -133 °C Grade Count:26

Optical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Emissivity (0-1)	0.700	0.700	Average value: 0.700 Grade Count:4

Processing Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Processing Temperature	382 - 863 °C	720 - 1590 °F	Average value: 767 °C Grade Count:4
Annealing Temperature	593 - 1200 °C	1100 - 2190 °F	Average value: 977 °C Grade Count:31
Hot-Working Temperature	482 - 1290 °C	900 - 2350 °F	Average value: 960 °C Grade Count:13

Component Elements Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Aluminum, Al	0.0100 - 89.0 %	0.0100 - 89.0 %	Average value: 1.81 % Grade Count:172
Boron, B	0.00100 - 10.0 %	0.00100 - 10.0 %	Average value: 0.314 % Grade Count:36
Carbon, C	0.000 - 2.80 %	0.000 - 2.80 %	Average value: 0.143 % Grade Count:2064
Cb + Ta	0.150 - 0.550 %	0.150 - 0.550 %	Average value: 0.310 % Grade Count:5
Cerium, Ce	0.0400 - 1.60 %	0.0400 - 1.60 %	Average value: 0.723 % Grade Count:6
Chromium, Cr	0.250 - 57.0 %	0.250 - 57.0 %	Average value: 18.2 % Grade Count:2143
Cobalt, Co	0.0500 - 21.0 %	0.0500 - 21.0 %	Average value: 4.41 % Grade Count:45
Copper, Cu	0.0500 - 14.0 %	0.0500 - 14.0 %	Average value: 1.97 % Grade Count:397
Iron, Fe	5.50 - 99.0 %	5.50 - 99.0 %	Average value: 68.3 % Grade Count:2082
Lead, Pb	0.00100 - 0.200 %	0.00100 - 0.200 %	Average value: 0.0408 % Grade Count:5
Manganese, Mn	0.0350 - 16.0 %	0.0350 - 16.0 %	Average value: 2.08 % Grade Count:1972
Molybdenum, Mo	0.0270 - 10.0 %	0.0270 - 10.0 %	Average value: 2.12 % Grade Count:1028
Nb + Ta	0.100 - 12.0 %	0.100 - 12.0 %	Average value: 0.758 % Grade Count:131
Nickel, Ni	0.200 - 68.0 %	0.200 - 68.0 %	Average value: 10.9 % Grade Count:1831
Niobium, Nb (Columbium, Cb)	0.0200 - 10.0 %	0.0200 - 10.0 %	Average value: 0.623 % Grade Count:196
Nitrogen, N	0.00500 - 11.0 %	0.00500 - 11.0 %	Average value: 0.229 % Grade Count:583
Oxygen, O	0.00500 - 0.250 %	0.00500 - 0.250 %	Average value: 0.132 % Grade Count:19
Phosphorus, P	0.00500 - 0.500 %	0.00500 - 0.500 %	Average value: 0.0427 % Grade Count:1665
Potassium, K	0.0600 %	0.0600 %	Average value: 0.0600 % Grade Count:8
Selenium, Se	0.00100 - 0.350 %	0.00100 - 0.350 %	Average value: 0.135 % Grade Count:24
Silicon, Si	0.0500 - 13.0 %	0.0500 - 13.0 %	Average value: 1.08 % Grade Count:1936
Sulfur, S	0.00100 - 4.00 %	0.00100 - 4.00 %	Average value: 0.0366 % Grade Count:1698
Tantalum, Ta	0.0500 - 1.00 %	0.0500 - 1.00 %	Average value: 0.339 % Grade Count:35
Tin, Sn	0.0500 - 2.00 %	0.0500 - 2.00 %	Average value: 1.51 % Grade Count:12
Titanium, Ti	0.00500 - 2.50 %	0.00500 - 2.50 %	Average value: 0.783 % Grade Count:159
Tungsten, W	0.0300 - 6.75 %	0.0300 - 6.75 %	Average value: 1.42 % Grade Count:71
Vanadium, V	0.0500 - 9.00 %	0.0500 - 9.00 %	Average value: 0.513 % Grade Count:131
WC	0.0450 %	0.0450 %	Average value: 0.0450 % Grade Count:4
Zirconium, Zr	0.100 - 1.50 %	0.100 - 1.50 %	Average value: 0.766 % Grade Count:16

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