SAE-AISI 1086 Steel vs. S20161 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1086 steel and S20161 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 1086 steel and the bottom bar is S20161 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 260 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
| 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 28 to 45 | |
| 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 520 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 870 | |
| 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 580 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 330 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 79 to 84 | |
| 360 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 890 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
| 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 30 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.8 to 0.93 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 65.6 to 73.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |