S44537 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1541 Steel
Both S44537 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1541 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 S44537 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1541 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
210 to 220 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 21 | |
11 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
260 to 420 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 320 | |
440 to 480 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 510 | |
720 to 790 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 | |
390 to 680 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1000 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 21 | |
52 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.6 | |
7.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.0 | |
8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 95 | |
78 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 | |
410 to 1250 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
25 to 28 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
23 to 24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.6 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 | |
23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.36 to 0.44 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 20 to 24 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 69 to 78.6 | |
97.8 to 98.3 |
Lanthanum (La), % | 0.040 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
1.4 to 1.7 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.2 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0060 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0.020 to 0.2 | |
0 |
Tungsten (W), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
0 |