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EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1080 Steel

Both EN 1.4062 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1080 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 EN 1.4062 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1080 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23 to 34
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 420
300 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Shear Strength, MPa 510
460 to 520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 800
770 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 530 to 600
480 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1030
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
9.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.4
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 37
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170 to 230
80 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 690 to 910
610 to 920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 29
27 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 25
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 22
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.75 to 0.88
Chromium (Cr), % 21.5 to 24
0
Iron (Fe), % 69.3 to 77.3
98.1 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.45
0
Nickel (Ni), % 1.0 to 2.9
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.16 to 0.28
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.050

Comparable Variants