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SAE-AISI 1064 Steel vs. AISI 321 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1064 steel and AISI 321 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1064 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 321 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
170 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 13
34 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300
220 to 270
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 440
420 to 460
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720 to 730
590 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 470 to 480
220 to 350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
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
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
45
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 79 to 81
190 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 600 to 630
130 to 310
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 25 to 26
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25
13 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.7
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 98.9
65.3 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
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
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.7

Comparable Variants