SAE-AISI 1137 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1137 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1137 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 210 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 400 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 34 to 39 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 460 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 700 to 760 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 370 to 650 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1080 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 100 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 360 to 1130 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.39 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |