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SAE-AISI 1090 Steel vs. S32101 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1090 steel and S32101 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 1090 steel and the bottom bar is S32101 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 280
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 320 to 380
400
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
78
Shear Strength, MPa 470 to 570
490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 790 to 950
740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 520 to 610
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 240
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1000
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
38
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 82 to 91
230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 730 to 1000
640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 34
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 31
20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.85 to 1.0
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21 to 22
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Iron (Fe), % 98 to 98.6
67.3 to 73.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.1 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.4 to 1.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.25
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 0.030