SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. AISI 201L Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5160 steel and AISI 201L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 201L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 340 | |
| 190 to 320 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 18 | |
| 22 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 650 | |
| 270 to 530 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 520 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1150 | |
| 740 to 1040 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 1010 | |
| 290 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 880 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1410 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 12 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 38 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 160 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 2700 | |
| 220 to 1570 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 27 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 24 to 30 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 34 | |
| 16 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.61 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 97.8 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |