S24000 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1090 Steel
Both S24000 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1090 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 1090 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 220 to 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 39 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 370 | |
| 320 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 57 | |
| 28 to 45 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 470 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 | |
| 790 to 950 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
| 520 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| 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 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 82 to 91 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 | |
| 730 to 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 25 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.85 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.5 to 69 | |
| 98 to 98.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| 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 |