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SAE-AISI 1038 Steel vs. EN 1.4587 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1038 steel and EN 1.4587 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 38% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1038 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4587 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 180
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 20
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 350
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 640
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 320 to 540
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
310
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
1.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.0
2.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
36
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
6.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
87
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
230

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83 to 100
150
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 270 to 790
150
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 23
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 21
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 20
13

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.35 to 0.42
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 98.6 to 99.05
32.7 to 41.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
28 to 30
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.25
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.025