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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1042 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1042 steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1042 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
180 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
14 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
230 to 370
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 500
380 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
620 to 700
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
340 to 580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
87 to 94
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
320 to 900
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
22 to 25
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
21 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
20 to 22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.4 to 0.47
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
98.5 to 99
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050