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SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. S33228 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 5160 steel and S33228 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 41% 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 5160 steel and the bottom bar is S33228 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 340
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 18
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180 to 650
170
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 390 to 700
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 1150
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 280 to 1010
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1360
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
37
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
6.2
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
89
Embodied Water, L/kg 50
220

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 73 to 160
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 200 to 2700
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 41
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 31
19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 34
13

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.025
Carbon (C), % 0.56 to 0.61
0.040 to 0.080
Cerium (Ce), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
26 to 28
Iron (Fe), % 97.1 to 97.8
36.5 to 42.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.75 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
31 to 33
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.6 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.3
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015