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SAE-AISI 1042 Steel vs. AISI 301 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1042 steel and AISI 301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% 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 1042 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 200
190 to 440
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 18
7.4 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 370
210 to 600
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 380 to 420
410 to 860
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 700
590 to 1460
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 340 to 580
230 to 1080

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
840
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 52
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 87 to 94
99 to 300
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 320 to 900
130 to 2970
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 25
21 to 52
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 22
20 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
12 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.4 to 0.47
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 98.5 to 99
70.7 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030