MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.4581 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1049 Steel

Both EN 1.4581 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1049 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% 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 1.4581 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1049 steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 150
200 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 150
250 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 510
680 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
370 to 640

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 990
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
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 2.0
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 21
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 59
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
75 to 99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
370 to 1090
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 18
24 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18
22 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
22 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0.46 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
0
Iron (Fe), % 61.4 to 71
98.5 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 2.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 9.0 to 12
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 1.0
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050