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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1026 Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1026 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S21460 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1026 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
140 to 160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
17 to 27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
200 to 310
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 580
320 to 340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
500 to 550
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
270 to 470

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 18
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 14
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
89 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
200 to 580
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
18 to 20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
18 to 19
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
16 to 18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.22 to 0.28
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
98.7 to 99.18
Manganese (Mn), % 14 to 16
0.6 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 6.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.35 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.060
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050