SAE-AISI 1006 Steel vs. S21460 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1006 steel and S21460 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 61% 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 SAE-AISI 1006 steel and the bottom bar is S21460 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 94 to 100 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 33 | |
| 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 140 to 210 | |
| 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 340 to 370 | |
| 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 180 to 300 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 920 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 18 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 75 to 95 | |
| 320 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 86 to 240 | |
| 460 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 13 | |
| 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 10 to 11 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.12 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.43 to 99.75 | |
| 57.3 to 63.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |