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SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and AISI 304L 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 5140 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 290
160 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 29
6.7 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 570
170 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 360 to 600
370 to 680
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560 to 970
540 to 1160
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 840
190 to 870

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
540
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

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 2.1
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76 to 180
71 to 240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 1880
92 to 1900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 34
19 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 28
19 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
12 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 98.1
65 to 74
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants