S20910 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1541 Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1541 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1541 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 230 to 290 | |
210 to 220 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 39 | |
11 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
260 to 420 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Reduction in Area, % | 56 to 62 | |
34 to 51 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
440 to 480 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
720 to 790 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
390 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 13 | |
52 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
78 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 1640 | |
410 to 1250 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
25 to 28 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
23 to 24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.6 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
0.36 to 0.44 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
97.8 to 98.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
1.4 to 1.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |