SAE-AISI 1037 Steel vs. S33228 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1037 steel and S33228 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 40% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. 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 1037 steel and the bottom bar is S33228 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 20 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 340 | |
| 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 45 | |
| 39 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 390 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 to 640 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 540 | |
| 210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 6.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 89 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 100 | |
| 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 780 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.38 | |
| 0.040 to 0.080 |
| Cerium (Ce), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 99 | |
| 36.5 to 42.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 31 to 33 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |