EN 1.4057 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1039 Steel
Both EN 1.4057 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1039 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4057 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1039 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 14 to 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 430 | |
| 230 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 580 | |
| 380 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 840 to 980 | |
| 610 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 530 to 790 | |
| 340 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 32 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 96 to 130 | |
| 88 to 94 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 700 to 1610 | |
| 310 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 19 to 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.12 to 0.22 | |
| 0.37 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.7 to 83.4 | |
| 98.5 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| 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 |