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EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel

Both EN 1.4658 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 52100 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 1.4658 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 260
180 to 210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
10 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
250 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
72
Shear Strength, MPa 580
370 to 420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 900
590 to 2010
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 730
360 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
430
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12 to 13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 25
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.5
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 200
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 240
54 to 310
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1280
350 to 840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 32
21 to 72
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 26
20 to 45
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 24
19 to 61

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.93 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 26 to 29
1.4 to 1.6
Cobalt (Co), % 0.5 to 2.0
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 50.9 to 63.7
96.5 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0.25 to 0.45
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 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015