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SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. EN 1.4876 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and EN 1.4876 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 45% 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 1.4876 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220 to 260
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11
33
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 360
150
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 460 to 520
370
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 770 to 870
570
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 590
190

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
14

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
30
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
5.3
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
76
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 80 to 84
140
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 610 to 920
94
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 31
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 26
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 29
14

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.6
Carbon (C), % 0.75 to 0.88
0 to 0.12
Chromium (Cr), % 0
19 to 23
Iron (Fe), % 98.1 to 98.7
38.6 to 50.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.6 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
30 to 34
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.15 to 0.6