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EN 1.4911 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1049 Steel

Both EN 1.4911 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1049 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4911 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1049 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11
11 to 17
Fatigue Strength, MPa 530
250 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
72
Shear Strength, MPa 640
420 to 450
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1070
680 to 750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 970
370 to 640

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 700
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 20
51
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.7
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.0
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 49
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
46

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 120
75 to 99
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 2410
370 to 1090
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 38
24 to 27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 30
22 to 23
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.4
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 37
22 to 24

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.0050 to 0.015
0
Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.12
0.46 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 9.8 to 11.2
0
Cobalt (Co), % 5.0 to 7.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 75.7 to 83.8
98.5 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 1.3
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.2 to 1.2
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.2 to 0.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.035
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.8
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050
Tungsten (W), % 0 to 0.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.4
0