SAE-AISI 1213 Steel vs. AISI 347 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1213 steel and AISI 347 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1213 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 347 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 190 | |
| 160 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 29 | |
| 34 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 290 | |
| 220 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 360 | |
| 430 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 600 | |
| 610 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 470 | |
| 240 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 to 110 | |
| 190 to 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 580 | |
| 150 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 21 | |
| 22 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 20 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99 | |
| 64.1 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 9.0 to 13 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.24 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |