SAE-AISI 1025 Steel vs. S24000 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1025 steel and S24000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1025 steel and the bottom bar is S24000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 130 to 140 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 28 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 280 | |
| 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 45 to 57 | |
| 57 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 310 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 500 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
| 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 110 | |
| 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 470 | |
| 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 99.03 to 99.48 | |
| 61.5 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 11.5 to 14.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.3 to 3.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |