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SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. AISI 303 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1010 steel and AISI 303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 303 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 100 to 110
170 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 31
40 to 51
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150 to 230
230 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 230 to 250
430 to 470
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 350 to 400
600 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 190 to 330
230 to 420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1470
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 12
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 14
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
15
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 82 to 93
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 290
140 to 440
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 12 to 14
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 14 to 15
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11 to 13
13 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.13
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Iron (Fe), % 99.18 to 99.62
67.3 to 74.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.2
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0.15 to 0.35

Comparable Variants