SAE-AISI 1141 Steel vs. S44700 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1141 steel and S44700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1141 steel and the bottom bar is S44700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 220 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 430 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 39 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 82 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 480 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 810 | |
| 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 700 | |
| 450 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 49 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 110 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 1290 | |
| 480 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.37 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.7 to 98.2 | |
| 64.9 to 68.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 4.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |