Cold Drawn SAE-AISI 1021 vs. Cold Finished AISI 316
Both cold drawn SAE-AISI 1021 and cold finished AISI 316 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the cold worked (strain hardened) condition. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 cold drawn SAE-AISI 1021 and the bottom bar is cold finished AISI 316.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 | |
| 37 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 46 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 350 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 | |
| 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 | |
| 410 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 | |
| 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 530 | |
| 430 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.18 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.8 to 99.22 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |