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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1541 Steel

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1541 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% 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 1541 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
210 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
260 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 500
440 to 480
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
720 to 790
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
390 to 680

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
1.9
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
78 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
410 to 1250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
25 to 28
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
23 to 24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
23 to 25

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.36 to 0.44
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
97.8 to 98.3
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
1.4 to 1.7
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