SAE-AISI 1010 Steel vs. S32615 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1010 steel and S32615 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1010 steel and the bottom bar is S32615 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 31 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
| 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 46 to 56 | |
| 46 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 to 330 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 370 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 990 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 24 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 63 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 93 | |
| 140 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 290 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16.5 to 19.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.18 to 99.62 | |
| 46.4 to 57.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.3 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 19 to 22 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 4.8 to 6.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |