SAE-AISI 1527 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1527 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% 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 1527 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 21 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 350 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 40 to 45 | |
| 56 to 62 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 390 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 640 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 550 | |
| 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 | 52 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 100 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 to 800 | |
| 460 to 1640 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 23 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 20 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.29 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.6 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 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 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |