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SAE-AISI 1074 Steel vs. S40920 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1074 steel and S40920 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 1074 steel and the bottom bar is S40920 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 250
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 14
22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 350
130
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
75
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 490
270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 820
430
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 450 to 570
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
710
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
26
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
6.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
94

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 94
78
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 550 to 860
97
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 29
15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 25
16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
6.9
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24 to 26
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.7 to 0.8
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
10.5 to 11.7
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 98.8
85.1 to 89.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
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 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.5