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SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. EN 1.4762 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and EN 1.4762 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, 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 1.4762 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 260
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
13
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 360
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
78
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 520
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 870
620
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 590
310

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1150
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
490
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 9.6
1.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 11
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
170

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80 to 84
67
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610 to 920
250
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 31
23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
22

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.2 to 1.7
Carbon (C), % 0.75 to 0.88
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
23 to 26
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 98.7
69.7 to 75.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 1.0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0
0.7 to 1.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.015