SAE-AISI 1213 Steel vs. S30600 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1213 steel and S30600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1213 steel and the bottom bar is S30600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 190 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 29 | |
| 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 290 | |
| 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 50 | |
| 56 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 360 | |
| 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 600 | |
| 610 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 470 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 350 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1380 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1330 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 to 110 | |
| 220 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 580 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 21 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 20 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 19 | |
| 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
| 0 to 0.018 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 18.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99 | |
| 58.9 to 65.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 15.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 3.7 to 4.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.24 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |