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EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1015 Steel

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1015 steel are iron alloys. They have 58% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1015 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
120
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
20 to 32
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
170 to 250
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
73
Shear Strength, MPa 580
260 to 270
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
390 to 440
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
210 to 370

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
52
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
83 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
120 to 360
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
14 to 15
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
15 to 16
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
12 to 14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.13 to 0.18
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
0
Cobalt (Co), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 50.9 to 63.7
99.13 to 99.57
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.0 to 5.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 9.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.050