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S31730 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4042 Steel

Both S31730 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4042 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% 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 S31730 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4042 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170
360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 370
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 540
680
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
570

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
2.1
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.6
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 63
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
81
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 99
860
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.4 to 0.45
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 52.4 to 61
97.9 to 98.6
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.0 to 4.0
0.2 to 0.3
Nickel (Ni), % 15 to 16.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.045
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.040