AISI 309 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1060 Steel
Both AISI 309 stainless steel and EN 1.1060 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 309 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1060 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 710 | |
| 490 to 1720 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 980 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 25 | |
| 17 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 16 to 55 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.32 to 0.39 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58 to 66 | |
| 98.2 to 99.16 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12 to 15 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.020 to 0.035 |