SAE-AISI 1074 Steel vs. S33425 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1074 steel and S33425 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1074 steel and the bottom bar is S33425 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 250 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 350 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 490 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 740 to 820 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 570 | |
| 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 27 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 71 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 190 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 94 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 550 to 860 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.7 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 21 to 23 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 98.8 | |
| 47.2 to 56.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| 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 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |