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SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. AISI 205 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1010 steel and AISI 205 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 205 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
210 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 31
11 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150 to 230
410 to 640
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 230 to 250
560 to 850
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 400
800 to 1430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 330
450 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
880
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
11
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 82 to 93
150 to 430
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 290
510 to 3060
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 14
29 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 15
25 to 37
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 13
16 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.13
0.12 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16.5 to 18.5
Iron (Fe), % 99.18 to 99.62
62.6 to 68.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
14 to 15.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.32 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.060
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030