SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. EN 1.4024 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and EN 1.4024 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 5140 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4024 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 29 | |
| 15 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 570 | |
| 220 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 600 | |
| 370 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 560 to 970 | |
| 590 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 840 | |
| 330 to 510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| 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 | |
| 98 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 1880 | |
| 280 to 660 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 34 | |
| 21 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 28 | |
| 20 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 29 | |
| 21 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.38 to 0.43 | |
| 0.12 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
| 83.8 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| 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 0.015 |