SAE-AISI S4 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI S4 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI S4 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 2140 | |
| 780 to 940 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 44 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.2 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 77 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 48 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 65 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.5 to 0.65 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.2 to 96.9 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 1.0 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |