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S21460 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1080 Steel

Both S21460 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1080 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 1080 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
220 to 260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 46
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 390
300 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 580
460 to 520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 830
770 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
480 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 920
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1380
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1330
1410
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
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
80 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
610 to 920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 30
27 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
24 to 26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.75 to 0.88
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 57.3 to 63.7
98.1 to 98.7
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