EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1046 Steel
Both EN 1.4307 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1046 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1.4307 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1046 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 180 to 270 | |
190 to 210 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 46 | |
14 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 320 | |
240 to 390 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
410 to 450 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 900 | |
660 to 740 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 200 to 570 | |
370 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 940 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
51 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
11 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.7 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.0 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 43 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 210 | |
91 to 95 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 810 | |
360 to 990 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
23 to 26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 27 | |
22 to 23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.43 to 0.5 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 66.8 to 74.5 | |
98.4 to 98.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0.7 to 1.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.050 |