SAE-AISI 1060 Steel vs. S30601 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1060 steel and S30601 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% 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 1060 steel and the bottom bar is S30601 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 to 220 | |
190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 13 | |
37 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 340 | |
250 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 51 | |
56 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
75 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 450 | |
450 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 740 | |
660 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 540 | |
300 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
370 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
950 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1360 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
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 | |
20 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.6 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
3.9 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
55 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 58 to 82 | |
200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 430 to 790 | |
230 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 26 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 23 | |
22 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 24 | |
16 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.55 to 0.65 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
17 to 18 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
56.9 to 60.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0.5 to 0.8 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
17 to 18 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
5.0 to 5.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.013 |