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SAE-AISI 1078 Steel vs. EN 1.4935 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1078 steel and EN 1.4935 stainless 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 SAE-AISI 1078 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4935 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 14
16 to 18
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270 to 350
350 to 400
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 470
480 to 540
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 730 to 780
780 to 880
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430 to 570
570 to 670

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
740
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 49
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.0
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
100

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 77 to 90
130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 490 to 860
830 to 1160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 28
28 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 24
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 26
27 to 30

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.72 to 0.85
0.17 to 0.24
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 98.5 to 99
83 to 86.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0.3 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.8 to 1.2
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.3 to 0.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.1 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.35

Comparable Variants