SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. S13800 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1010 steel and S13800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is S13800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
290 to 480 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 31 | |
11 to 18 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
410 to 870 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Reduction in Area, % | 46 to 56 | |
39 to 62 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
610 to 1030 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 400 | |
980 to 1730 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 330 | |
660 to 1580 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
810 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 12 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 14 | |
2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
3.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
46 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 93 | |
150 to 190 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 290 | |
1090 to 5490 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
35 to 61 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
28 to 41 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
4.3 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
33 to 58 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.9 to 1.4 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
12.3 to 13.2 |
Iron (Fe), % | 99.18 to 99.62 | |
73.6 to 77.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
2.0 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
7.5 to 8.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.0080 |