SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. AISI 410 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and AISI 410 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 5140 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 410 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 290 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 29 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 190 to 350 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 600 | |
| 330 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 970 | |
| 520 to 770 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 840 | |
| 290 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1480 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
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 | 2.1 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 76 to 180 | |
| 97 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1880 | |
| 210 to 860 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 34 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 18 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 83.5 to 88.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| 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 |