SAE-AISI M4 Steel vs. EN 1.4901 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI M4 steel and EN 1.4901 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M4 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4901 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 2150 | |
| 740 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1610 | |
| 1490 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1560 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 14 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 210 | |
| 40 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 89 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 30 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 72 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 45 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 68 | |
| 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.0010 to 0.0060 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.3 to 1.4 | |
| 0.070 to 0.13 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.8 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 81.4 | |
| 85.8 to 89.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.3 to 5.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.040 to 0.090 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.030 to 0.070 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 5.3 to 6.5 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |