EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H14 Steel
Both EN 1.4612 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H14 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H14 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1690 to 1850 | |
| 710 to 2030 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1530 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1490 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 16 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 73 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 to 65 | |
| 24 to 69 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 to 43 | |
| 22 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 58 to 63 | |
| 24 to 68 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 1.4 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.35 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 75.5 | |
| 86.5 to 89.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.8 to 2.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.2 to 11.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 4.0 to 5.3 |