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SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. S35000 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and S35000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is S35000 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 29
2.3 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 570
380 to 520
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 360 to 600
740 to 950
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560 to 970
1300 to 1570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 840
660 to 1160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76 to 180
28 to 170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 1880
1070 to 3360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 34
46 to 56
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 28
34 to 38
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
42 to 51

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0.070 to 0.11
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
16 to 17
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 98.1
72.7 to 76.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0.5 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.070 to 0.13
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants