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SAE-AISI 5130 Steel vs. AISI 347LN Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 5130 steel and AISI 347LN 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 5130 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 347LN stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150 to 190
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 22
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 330
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 390
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 500 to 640
590
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 330 to 530
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.2
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.3
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.2
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
49
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 74 to 98
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 290 to 750
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18 to 23
21
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 21
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 20
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.28 to 0.33
0.0050 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0.8 to 1.1
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 97.2 to 98.1
64.3 to 73.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
9.0 to 13
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.060 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030