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SAE-AISI 1060 Steel vs. EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1060 steel and EN 1.4855 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 48% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1060 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 220
150
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 10 to 13
4.6
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260 to 340
120
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 740
500
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 400 to 540
250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1050
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
34
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
5.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
85
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 58 to 82
19
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 430 to 790
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 26
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 23
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 24
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.55 to 0.65
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0
23 to 25
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 98.9
42.6 to 51.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
23 to 25
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.8 to 1.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.030