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SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. S35500 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and S35500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1080 steel and the bottom bar is S35500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 360
690 to 730
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
78
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 520
810 to 910
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 870
1330 to 1490
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 590
1200 to 1280

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.6
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
2.5

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
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
130

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80 to 84
180 to 190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610 to 920
3610 to 4100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 31
47 to 53
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
34 to 37
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
44 to 49

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.75 to 0.88
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
15 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 98.7
73.2 to 77.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0.5 to 1.3
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.5 to 3.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.070 to 0.13
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants