SAE-AISI 1552 Steel vs. AISI 309 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1552 steel and AISI 309 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% 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 1552 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 309 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 250 | |
| 180 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 14 | |
| 34 to 47 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 290 to 400 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 510 | |
| 420 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 840 | |
| 600 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 650 | |
| 260 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| 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 | 11 | |
| 15 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 11 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
| 2.5 |
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 | 19 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 98 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 1130 | |
| 170 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 25 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 14 to 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.47 to 0.55 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 98.3 | |
| 58 to 66 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.2 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |