EN 1.4024 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1065 Steel
Both EN 1.4024 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1065 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4024 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1065 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 22 | |
| 11 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 220 to 300 | |
| 270 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 460 | |
| 430 to 470 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 750 | |
| 710 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 510 | |
| 430 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 400 |
| 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 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| 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 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 to 110 | |
| 74 to 90 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 280 to 660 | |
| 490 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 27 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 24 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 26 | |
| 25 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.17 | |
| 0.6 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 83.8 to 87.9 | |
| 98.3 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |