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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1060 Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1060 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4872 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1060 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
180 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
10 to 13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
260 to 340
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Shear Strength, MPa 620
370 to 450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
620 to 740
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
400 to 540

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
9.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.3
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 47
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 230
58 to 82
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 780
430 to 790
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
22 to 26
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
21 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
20 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0.55 to 0.65
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
98.4 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 8.0 to 10
0.6 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050