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SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. S44626 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and S44626 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1080 steel and the bottom bar is S44626 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 260
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 360
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
80
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 520
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 870
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 590
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.6
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80 to 84
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610 to 920
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 31
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.75 to 0.88
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
25 to 27
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 98.7
68.1 to 74.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 1.0