SAE-AISI 1090 Steel vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1090 steel and AISI 410Cb stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1090 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 280 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 380 | |
| 180 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 28 to 45 | |
| 50 to 51 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 570 | |
| 340 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 950 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 730 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 91 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1000 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 34 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 31 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.85 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.6 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| 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 |