SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5160 steel and EN 1.4938 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% 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 5160 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 18 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 650 | |
| 390 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 540 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1150 | |
| 870 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 1010 | |
| 640 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 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 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 160 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 200 to 2700 | |
| 1050 to 1920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 31 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 34 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.61 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 97.8 | |
| 80.5 to 84.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |