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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1140 Steel

Both EN 1.4557 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1140 steel are iron alloys. They have 54% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1140 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
170 to 180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
14 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
230 to 370
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
600 to 700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
340 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
1.8
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
89 to 93
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
310 to 870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
21 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
20 to 22
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
18 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.37 to 0.44
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
98.4 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0.7 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 19.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.24
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0.080 to 0.13