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SAE-AISI 1049 Steel vs. EN 1.4501 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1049 steel and EN 1.4501 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1049 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4501 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 220
250
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 17
27
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 400
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
80
Shear Strength, MPa 420 to 450
540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 750
830
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 370 to 640
600

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
2.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.5

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
22
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
180

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 75 to 99
210
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 370 to 1090
870
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 27
29
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 23
25
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 24
22

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.46 to 0.53
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
24 to 26
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.5 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 98.5 to 98.9
57.6 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
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 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.5 to 1.0