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EN 1.4517 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1080 Steel

Both EN 1.4517 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1080 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4517 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, % 25
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
300 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730
770 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 550
480 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
9.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 53
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
80 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 740
610 to 920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26
27 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.75 to 0.88
Chromium (Cr), % 24.5 to 26.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 3.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.7 to 65.1
98.1 to 98.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.12 to 0.22
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.050