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SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. S21603 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and S21603 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is S21603 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 290
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 29
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 570
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 360 to 600
490
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560 to 970
690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 840
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
990
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
17
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76 to 180
270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 1880
380
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 34
25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 28
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
17.5 to 22
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 98.1
57.6 to 67.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
7.5 to 9.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.0 to 7.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.25 to 0.5
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