EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1547 Steel
Both EN 1.4122 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1547 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 (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4122 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1547 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 | |
11 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 360 | |
270 to 430 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 480 to 520 | |
440 to 480 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 850 | |
740 to 800 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 630 | |
400 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 870 | |
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 | 15 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
7.1 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.5 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 33 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
47 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 110 | |
80 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 520 to 1000 | |
430 to 1280 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 31 | |
26 to 28 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 26 | |
23 to 24 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 28 to 30 | |
23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.33 to 0.45 | |
0.43 to 0.51 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 77.2 to 83.4 | |
97.8 to 98.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
1.4 to 1.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
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 |