AISI 410 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1074 Steel
Both AISI 410 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1074 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 410 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1074 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 240 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 22 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 350 | |
| 290 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 47 to 48 | |
| 34 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 470 | |
| 440 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 770 | |
| 740 to 820 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 580 | |
| 450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 710 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 50 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 to 110 | |
| 77 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 210 to 860 | |
| 550 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 24 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 26 | |
| 24 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.7 to 0.8 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.5 to 88.4 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 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 |