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SAE-AISI 9260 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 9260 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 9260 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
230 to 290
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 21
14 to 39
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
310 to 460
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
79
Shear Strength, MPa 420
500 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
780 to 940
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 380
430 to 810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1080
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.0
22
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
120 to 260
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380
460 to 1640
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
17 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.56 to 0.64
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0
20.5 to 23.5
Iron (Fe), % 96.1 to 96.9
52.1 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.75 to 1.0
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.8 to 2.2
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3