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EN 1.4028 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 8620 Steel

Both EN 1.4028 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 8620 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4028 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 8620 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
13 to 31
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 400
270 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
340 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660 to 930
520 to 690
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 390 to 730
360 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 30
39
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.8
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.2
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 7.0
2.6
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 100
50

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 96
86 to 150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 380 to 1360
340 to 880
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 33
18 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 27
18 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 8.1
10
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 32
15 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.26 to 0.35
0.18 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 12 to 14
0.4 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 83.1 to 87.7
96.9 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.4 to 0.7
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants