AISI 321 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1050 Steel
Both AISI 321 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1050 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 321 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1050 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 210 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 to 50 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 270 | |
| 260 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 430 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 690 | |
| 690 to 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 390 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 45 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 to 230 | |
| 81 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 310 | |
| 400 to 1130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 15 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.48 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65.3 to 74 | |
| 98.5 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 9.0 to 12 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |