SAE-AISI 1541 Steel vs. EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1541 steel and EN 1.4310 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 1541 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 220 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 14 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 420 | |
| 240 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 480 | |
| 510 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 790 | |
| 730 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 680 | |
| 260 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 910 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 18 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 14 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 100 | |
| 110 to 260 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 to 1250 | |
| 170 to 830 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 26 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 15 to 18 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
| 66.4 to 78 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 6.0 to 9.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |