SAE-AISI 1043 Steel vs. S24000 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1043 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 1043 steel and the bottom bar is S24000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 200 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 18 | |
| 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 51 | |
| 57 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 430 | |
| 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 710 | |
| 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 600 | |
| 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 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 100 | |
| 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 to 980 | |
| 470 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.47 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 61.5 to 69 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 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 |