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SAE-AISI 1146 Steel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1146 steel and N08800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 46% 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 1146 steel and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 17
4.5 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 400
150 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 440
340 to 580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 670 to 730
500 to 1000
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 360 to 630
190 to 830

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
14

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 93 to 97
42 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 340 to 1050
96 to 1740
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 26
18 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
18 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 22
13 to 25

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0.42 to 0.49
0 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 23
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.75
Iron (Fe), % 98.3 to 98.8
39.5 to 50.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 35
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.080 to 0.13
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6

Comparable Variants