EN 1.4006 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel
Both EN 1.4006 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5140 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% 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 EN 1.4006 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 23 | |
| 12 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 150 to 300 | |
| 220 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 460 | |
| 360 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 750 | |
| 560 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 510 | |
| 290 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 740 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 99 to 110 | |
| 76 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 140 to 660 | |
| 220 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 20 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.1 to 88.4 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |