S13800 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1146 Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1146 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 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 S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1146 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 190 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 13 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 240 to 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 39 to 62 | |
| 40 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
| 410 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 670 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 360 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | 16 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 93 to 97 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 340 to 1050 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 20 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.42 to 0.49 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |