EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5160 Steel
Both EN 1.4021 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5160 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 1.4021 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5160 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 12 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 380 | |
| 180 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 530 | |
| 390 to 700 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 880 | |
| 660 to 1150 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 670 | |
| 280 to 1010 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 30 | |
| 43 |
| 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 | |
| 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 110 | |
| 73 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1160 | |
| 200 to 2700 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 22 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 31 | |
| 19 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.16 to 0.25 | |
| 0.56 to 0.61 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.2 to 87.8 | |
| 97.1 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| 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 |