SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. EN 1.4000 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1010 steel and EN 1.4000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 31 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 93 | |
| 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 290 | |
| 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 18 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
| 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.18 to 99.62 | |
| 83.9 to 88 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |