SAE-AISI 1070 Steel vs. S28200 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1070 steel and S28200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 1070 steel and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 230 | |
| 260 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 13 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 270 to 350 | |
| 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 51 | |
| 57 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 460 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 760 | |
| 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 560 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
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 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 59 to 86 | |
| 330 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 850 | |
| 540 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.65 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 98.8 | |
| 57.7 to 64.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |