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SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and EN 1.4913 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 52100 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 10 to 20
14 to 22
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250 to 340
320 to 480
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
75
Shear Strength, MPa 370 to 420
550 to 590
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 2010
870 to 980
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 360 to 560
480 to 850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
270
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 430
700
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 47
24
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12 to 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.5
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.4
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.5
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 20
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
97

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 54 to 310
130 to 160
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 350 to 840
600 to 1860
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 72
31 to 35
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 45
26 to 28
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
6.5
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19 to 61
31 to 34

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.020
Boron (B), % 0
0 to 0.0015
Carbon (C), % 0.93 to 1.1
0.17 to 0.23
Chromium (Cr), % 1.4 to 1.6
10 to 11.5
Iron (Fe), % 96.5 to 97.3
84.5 to 88.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0.25 to 0.45
0.4 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.5 to 0.8
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0.2 to 0.6
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.25 to 0.55
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.050 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.1 to 0.3

Comparable Variants