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SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. PET

SAE-AISI 1010 steel and PET belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. SAE-AISI 1010 steel is a metal, while PET is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 11 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (29, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

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

SAE-AISI 1010 (S10C, G10100) Carbon SteelPolyethylene Terephthalate (PET, PETE)
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
3.5 to 11
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 31
2.5 to 70
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 400
60 to 140

Thermal Properties

Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
80
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
260
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
1000 to 1150

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Density, g/cm3 7.9
1.4 to 1.6

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
1.2 to 4.4
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
32 to 54
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 14
12 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 15
25 to 41