SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. EN 1.4919 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5160 steel and EN 1.4919 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 5160 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4919 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 340 | |
180 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 18 | |
40 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 650 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
78 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 700 | |
400 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1150 | |
590 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 1010 | |
230 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
290 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
950 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
16 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
2.3 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
19 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
3.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
52 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 160 | |
190 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 2700 | |
130 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 41 | |
21 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
20 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
4.3 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 34 | |
13 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.0015 to 0.0050 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.61 | |
0.040 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
16.5 to 18.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 97.8 | |
62.8 to 71.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
2.0 to 2.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
10 to 13 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.015 |