MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI A10 Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI A10 steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI A10 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 420 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 810 to 2040
690 to 1720

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1510
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1450
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 40
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.8
3.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.0
3.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 5.0
7.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.1
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 56
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 5.1
14
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29 to 73
25 to 62
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25 to 46
22 to 41
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 11
7.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 27 to 68
25 to 62

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 1.3 to 1.5
0.15 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 0
12 to 14
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 90.8 to 93.4
82.3 to 87.9
Manganese (Mn), % 1.6 to 2.1
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 1.8
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 1.6 to 2.1
0 to 0.75
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 1.0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030

Comparable Variants