EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1055 Steel
Both EN 1.4935 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1055 steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 1.4935 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1055 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 18 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 350 to 400 | |
| 260 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 540 | |
| 440 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 880 | |
| 730 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 570 to 670 | |
| 400 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 80 to 85 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 830 to 1160 | |
| 440 to 1070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 30 | |
| 23 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.24 | |
| 0.5 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83 to 86.7 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.3 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.2 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |