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SAE-AISI 1095 Steel vs. EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 1095 steel and EN 1.4646 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 64% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1095 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 270
220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 10 to 11
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 310 to 370
340
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 540
500
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680 to 900
750
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 500 to 590
430

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 240
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
910
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1340
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
13
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 45
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 63 to 84
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 660 to 930
460
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 32
27
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 26
24
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 29
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.9 to 1.0
0.020 to 0.1
Chromium (Cr), % 0
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Iron (Fe), % 98.4 to 98.8
59 to 67.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.5
10.5 to 12.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
3.5 to 4.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.050
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.015