MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.1060 Steel vs. AISI 204 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.1060 steel and AISI 204 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.1060 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 204 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140 to 170
210 to 330
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 490 to 1720
730 to 1100

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
850
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1410
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 51
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
17

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.4
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.1
2.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.8
10
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 18
35
Embodied Water, L/kg 46
130

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17 to 61
27 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 18 to 41
24 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 14
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16 to 55
16 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.32 to 0.39
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 0
15 to 17
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 98.2 to 99.16
69.6 to 76.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
7.0 to 9.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.5 to 3.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0.020 to 0.035
0 to 0.030