SAE-AISI 1095 Steel vs. S44735 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1095 steel and S44735 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1095 steel and the bottom bar is S44735 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
| 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 11 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 370 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 82 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 540 | |
| 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 900 | |
| 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 to 590 | |
| 460 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 21 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 to 84 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 660 to 930 | |
| 520 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 32 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 26 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 29 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.9 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 30 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.8 | |
| 60.7 to 68.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.6 to 4.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |