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SAE-AISI 1046 Steel vs. S31730 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1046 steel and S31730 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1046 steel and the bottom bar is S31730 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190 to 210
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 17
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 390
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 450
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 740
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 370 to 610
200

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
24
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
63
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 91 to 95
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 360 to 990
99
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 26
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 25
12

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.43 to 0.5
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 98.9
52.4 to 61
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
15 to 16.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.045
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.010