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SAE-AISI 5140 Steel vs. EN 1.4658 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 5140 steel and EN 1.4658 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4658 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 290
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
210
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 29
28
Fatigue Strength, MPa 220 to 570
530
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
81
Shear Strength, MPa 360 to 600
580
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560 to 970
900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290 to 840
730

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 45
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.1
25
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
4.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
61
Embodied Water, L/kg 49
200

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 76 to 180
240
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220 to 1880
1280
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 34
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 28
26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
4.3
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 29
24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.38 to 0.43
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0.7 to 0.9
26 to 29
Cobalt (Co), % 0
0.5 to 2.0
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 1.0
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 98.1
50.9 to 63.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 1.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
4.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
5.5 to 9.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.3 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.010