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EN 1.4580 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1548 Steel

Both EN 1.4580 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1548 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4580 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1548 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200
220 to 250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
11 to 16
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
270 to 430
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
72
Shear Strength, MPa 430
440 to 500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620
730 to 830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250
420 to 690

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 60
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
47

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
79 to 99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 150
470 to 1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
26 to 30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
23 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
23 to 27

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0.44 to 0.52
Chromium (Cr), % 16.5 to 18.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 61.4 to 71
98 to 98.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
1.1 to 1.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.0
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