MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI O1 Steel vs. EN 1.4855 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI O1 steel and EN 1.4855 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 O1 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4855 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 640 to 2060
500

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
320
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 43
14
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 3.4
34
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
5.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
85
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
200

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 73
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 46
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 12
3.7
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 68
11

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.85 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.5
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
23 to 25
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 95 to 97.4
42.6 to 51.9
Manganese (Mn), % 1.0 to 1.4
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
23 to 25
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.8 to 1.8
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
1.0 to 2.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0.4 to 0.6
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.3
0