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AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1086 Steel

Both AISI 204 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1086 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1086 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210 to 330
220 to 260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 39
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 720
300 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 500 to 700
450 to 520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 1100
760 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380 to 1080
480 to 580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
240
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 850
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 10
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240 to 250
79 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360 to 2940
610 to 890
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 40
27 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 31
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.1
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 24
26 to 30

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.8 to 0.93
Chromium (Cr), % 15 to 17
0
Iron (Fe), % 69.6 to 76.4
98.5 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 7.0 to 9.0
0.3 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050