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EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1046 Steel

Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1046 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4371 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1046 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 230
190 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45 to 51
14 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 340
240 to 390
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 520 to 540
410 to 450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 750
660 to 740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320 to 340
370 to 610

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 880
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1370
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
11
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.9
12

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 38
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 270 to 310
91 to 95
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 300
360 to 990
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
23 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
23 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.43 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.7 to 74.4
98.4 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 6.0 to 8.0
0.7 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 5.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050

Comparable Variants