SAE-AISI 5160 Steel vs. S45503 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 5160 steel and S45503 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel and the bottom bar is S45503 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 340 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 18 | |
| 4.6 to 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 650 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 700 | |
| 940 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 to 1150 | |
| 1610 to 1850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 280 to 1010 | |
| 1430 to 1700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 160 | |
| 82 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 41 | |
| 57 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 39 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 34 | |
| 56 to 64 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.61 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.1 to 97.8 | |
| 72.4 to 78.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.4 |