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SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. EN 1.3956 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1010 steel and EN 1.3956 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3956 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 31
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150 to 230
240
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 400
650
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 330
330

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
22
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 82 to 93
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 290
270
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 14
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 15
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 13
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.13
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 23.5
Iron (Fe), % 99.18 to 99.62
51.9 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3