SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. AISI 312 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and AISI 312 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 1080 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 312 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 260 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 28 to 45 | |
| 56 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 520 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 870 | |
| 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 590 | |
| 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 84 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 920 | |
| 640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.88 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
| 62.2 to 69.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 6.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.14 to 0.2 |
| 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 |