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SAE-AISI 1025 Steel vs. S82031 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1025 steel and S82031 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1025 steel and the bottom bar is S82031 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 17 to 28
39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 280
490
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
78
Shear Strength, MPa 290 to 310
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 450 to 500
780
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 420
570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
980
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 6.9
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.0
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80 to 110
280
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 170 to 470
820
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 18
28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17 to 18
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 16
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.22 to 0.28
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 99.03 to 99.48
68 to 78.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 2.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.6 to 1.4
Nickel (Ni), % 0
2.0 to 4.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.14 to 0.24
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.8
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.0050