EN 1.4310 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1055 Steel
Both EN 1.4310 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1055 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4310 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1055 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 270 | |
220 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 45 | |
11 to 14 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
260 to 390 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 550 | |
440 to 450 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 730 to 900 | |
730 to 750 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 570 | |
400 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
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 | 18 | |
12 |
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 | 14 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 42 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
46 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 260 | |
80 to 85 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 830 | |
440 to 1070 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 32 | |
26 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 27 | |
23 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 18 | |
23 to 24 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.15 | |
0.5 to 0.6 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 19 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 66.4 to 78 | |
98.4 to 98.9 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0.6 to 0.9 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 9.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.050 |