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AISI 305 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1547 Steel

Both AISI 305 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1547 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 AISI 305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1547 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 220
200 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 280
270 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 470
440 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 710
740 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 350
400 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.2

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 210
80 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 320
430 to 1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 25
26 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 23
23 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 15
23 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.43 to 0.51
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 65.1 to 72.5
97.8 to 98.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.4 to 1.7
Nickel (Ni), % 10.5 to 13
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050

Comparable Variants