SAE-AISI 4130 Steel vs. AISI 410Cb Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4130 steel and AISI 410Cb stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4130 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410Cb stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 300 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 26 | |
| 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 660 | |
| 180 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 640 | |
| 340 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1040 | |
| 550 to 960 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 440 to 980 | |
| 310 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 730 |
| 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 | 43 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 29 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 97 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 180 | |
| 70 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 500 to 2550 | |
| 240 to 1600 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 37 | |
| 20 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 7.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 31 | |
| 20 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.2 | |
| 84.5 to 89 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |