SAE-AISI 12L14 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 12L14 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 58% 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 12L14 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 170 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 25 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 290 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 51 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 620 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
| 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 | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 to 93 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 560 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 98.7 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.85 to 1.2 | |
| 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), % | 0.040 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.26 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |