AISI 204 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1015 Steel
Both AISI 204 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1015 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 204 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1015 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 210 to 330 | |
120 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 39 | |
20 to 32 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 720 | |
170 to 250 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 700 | |
260 to 270 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 1100 | |
390 to 440 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 380 to 1080 | |
210 to 370 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
1470 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
52 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
6.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 35 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
45 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 240 to 250 | |
83 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 2940 | |
120 to 360 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 40 | |
14 to 15 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
15 to 16 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 24 | |
12 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.13 to 0.18 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 69.6 to 76.4 | |
99.13 to 99.57 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.050 |