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EN 1.4371 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1151 Steel

Both EN 1.4371 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1151 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 1151 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 230
210 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 45 to 51
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 290 to 340
260 to 410
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 520 to 540
430 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 740 to 750
710 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320 to 340
390 to 660

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
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.5
10
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
86 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250 to 300
400 to 1170
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22 to 24
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
22 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.48 to 0.55
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 17.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 66.7 to 74.4
98.3 to 98.7
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
0.080 to 0.13

Comparable Variants