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S31277 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1080 Steel

Both S31277 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1080 steel are iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1080 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 45
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
300 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
72
Shear Strength, MPa 600
460 to 520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
770 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
480 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
1.8
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.7
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 90
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
80 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 410
610 to 920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
27 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
24 to 26
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.75 to 0.88
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23
0
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 35.5 to 46.2
98.1 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 3.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.5 to 8.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 26 to 28
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.050