EN 1.4104 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1017 Steel
Both EN 1.4104 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1017 steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 1.4104 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1017 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 23 | |
| 20 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 310 | |
| 170 to 270 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 450 | |
| 280 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 750 | |
| 420 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 560 | |
| 220 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 53 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 6.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.5 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.2 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 30 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 77 to 120 | |
| 88 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 800 | |
| 130 to 400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 27 | |
| 13 to 14 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.1 to 0.17 | |
| 0.15 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.8 to 84.1 | |
| 99.11 to 99.55 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |