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EN 1.4872 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1090 Steel

Both EN 1.4872 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1090 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 1090 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 270
220 to 280
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410
320 to 380
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Shear Strength, MPa 620
470 to 570
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 950
790 to 950
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 560
520 to 610

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
240
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
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.2

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
82 to 91
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 780
730 to 1000
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35
28 to 34
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.9
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
25 to 31

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.2 to 0.3
0.85 to 1.0
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0
Iron (Fe), % 54.2 to 61.6
98 to 98.6
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