Overview of materials for Stainless Steel

Overview of materials for Stainless Steel
Categories:	Metal; Ferrous Metal; Stainless Steel
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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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