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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1080 Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1080 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 1080 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
220 to 260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
300 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Shear Strength, MPa 620
460 to 520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
770 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
480 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1150
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1410
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
80 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 780
610 to 920
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
27 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
25 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0.75 to 0.88
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
98.1 to 98.7
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