S35140 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1548 Steel
Both S35140 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1548 steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 S35140 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1548 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 | |
| 220 to 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 11 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 270 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 440 to 500 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 | |
| 730 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 310 | |
| 420 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 1.9 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.5 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 78 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 79 to 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 250 | |
| 470 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.44 to 0.52 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 44.1 to 52.7 | |
| 98 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 1.1 to 1.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 25 to 27 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |