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S24000 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel

Both S24000 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5160 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, 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 5160 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 210
200 to 340
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 39
12 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
180 to 650
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 530
390 to 700
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770
660 to 1150
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
280 to 1010

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
420
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
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
2.1
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
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 260
73 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 470
200 to 2700
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
23 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 31
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
19 to 34

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.56 to 0.61
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.7 to 0.9
Iron (Fe), % 61.5 to 69
97.1 to 97.8
Manganese (Mn), % 11.5 to 14.5
0.75 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 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040