SAE-AISI 1012 Steel vs. N08700 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1012 steel and N08700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 48% 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 1012 steel and the bottom bar is N08700 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 100 to 110 | |
170 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 21 to 31 | |
32 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 230 | |
210 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Reduction in Area, % | 45 to 57 | |
45 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
79 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
410 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 360 to 400 | |
620 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 330 | |
270 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
1100 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 53 | |
13 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
1.7 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 7.9 | |
1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
32 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
8.1 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
6.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
82 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
200 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 93 | |
160 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 110 to 300 | |
180 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 13 to 14 | |
21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 15 | |
20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
3.5 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 13 | |
14 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.15 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
19 to 23 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 99.16 to 99.6 | |
42 to 52.7 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
4.3 to 5.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
24 to 26 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.4 |
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 0.030 |