SAE-AISI 1212 Steel vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1212 steel and S45000 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 1212 steel and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 180 | |
| 280 to 410 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 28 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 290 | |
| 330 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 51 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 590 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 620 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 to 110 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 560 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 99.07 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.16 to 0.23 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |