SAE-AISI 1211 Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1211 steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1211 steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 140 to 180 | |
200 to 460 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 29 | |
1.1 to 29 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 280 | |
370 to 770 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 350 | |
770 to 1070 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 430 to 580 | |
1180 to 1890 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
500 to 1770 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
870 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
3.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
47 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 61 to 110 | |
17 to 270 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 550 | |
640 to 4660 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 21 | |
42 to 67 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 20 | |
32 to 43 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
4.2 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 18 | |
39 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.75 to 1.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
0 to 0.090 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
14 to 16 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.7 to 99.23 | |
69.6 to 76.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
2.0 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
6.5 to 7.7 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.030 |