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SAE-AISI 1030 Steel vs. S44537 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1030 steel and S44537 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 SAE-AISI 1030 steel and the bottom bar is S44537 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 160
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 22
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 320
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 330 to 360
320
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 530 to 590
510
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 490
360

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
2.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.0
3.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
19
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 100
95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230 to 650
320
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19 to 21
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 20
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
5.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 19
17

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.1
Carbon (C), % 0.28 to 0.34
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20 to 24
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.5
Iron (Fe), % 98.7 to 99.12
69 to 78.6
Lanthanum (La), % 0
0.040 to 0.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.0060
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.020 to 0.2
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.0 to 3.0