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S31730 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1040 Steel

Both S31730 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1040 steel are iron alloys. They have 57% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 S31730 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1040 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
160 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
13 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
220 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
350 to 390
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
570 to 640
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
320 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
1.8
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 63
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
79 to 96
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 99
270 to 760
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
20 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
19 to 21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
18 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.37 to 0.44
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 52.4 to 61
98.6 to 99.03
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 16.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.050