S24000 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1039 Steel
Both S24000 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1039 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S24000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1039 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 57 | |
| 40 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 380 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 610 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 340 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 88 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 | |
| 310 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 19 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.37 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.5 to 69 | |
| 98.5 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |