SAE-AISI 1049 Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1049 steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 1049 steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 400 | |
| 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 46 | |
| 57 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 750 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 640 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 75 to 99 | |
| 270 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 370 to 1090 | |
| 380 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.46 to 0.53 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17.5 to 22 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 57.6 to 67.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 7.5 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |