SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. AISI 302 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and AISI 302 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 52100 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 302 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 170 to 440 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 4.5 to 46 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 210 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 400 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 580 to 1430 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 230 to 1100 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 710 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 310 | |
| 59 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 840 | |
| 140 to 3070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 21 to 51 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 20 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 12 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 67.9 to 75 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |