SAE-AISI 4028 Steel vs. S21800 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4028 steel and S21800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4028 steel and the bottom bar is S21800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 150 to 190 | |
| 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 23 | |
| 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 330 | |
| 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 310 to 380 | |
| 510 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 490 to 630 | |
| 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 520 | |
| 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1310 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 95 | |
| 250 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 720 | |
| 390 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 22 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.25 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
| 59.1 to 65.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.035 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |