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SAE-AISI 1043 Steel vs. EN 1.4062 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1043 steel and EN 1.4062 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 SAE-AISI 1043 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4062 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 13 to 18
23 to 34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230 to 390
410 to 420
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
79
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 430
510
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 650 to 710
770 to 800
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 600
530 to 600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1030
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
2.1
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 87 to 100
170 to 230
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 320 to 980
690 to 910
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 25
28 to 29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 22
24 to 25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 22
21 to 22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.4 to 0.47
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
21.5 to 24
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 98.9
69.3 to 77.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 1.0
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.45
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.0 to 2.9
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.16 to 0.28
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.010

Comparable Variants