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SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 1.4612 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 11
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 360
860 to 950
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
76
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 520
1010 to 1110
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 870
1690 to 1850
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 590
1570 to 1730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
790
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
16
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
140

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80 to 84
190 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 31
60 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
40 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
58 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.4 to 1.8
Carbon (C), % 0.75 to 0.88
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 0
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 98.7
71.5 to 75.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
1.8 to 2.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10.2 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5

Comparable Variants