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SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. EN 1.4539 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and EN 1.4539 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 48% 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 1080 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4539 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 260
200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
38
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 360
220
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
79
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 520
430
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 870
630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 590
260

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
460
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.6
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
31
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.1
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
5.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
78
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80 to 84
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610 to 920
160
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 31
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.75 to 0.88
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 21
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.2 to 2.0
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 98.7
43.1 to 51.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
24 to 26
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.15
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.010