SAE-AISI 1144 Steel vs. N08135 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1144 steel and N08135 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 37% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 26 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 1144 steel and the bottom bar is N08135 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 430 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 80 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 400 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 to 840 | |
| 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 690 | |
| 240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 310 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1100 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 39 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 6.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 94 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 220 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 91 to 110 | |
| 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 480 to 1290 | |
| 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.48 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.5 to 98 | |
| 30.2 to 42.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 33 to 38 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.24 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.8 |