EN 1.4378 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1086 Steel
Both EN 1.4378 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1086 steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4378 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1086 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 340 | |
| 220 to 260 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 34 | |
| 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 550 | |
| 300 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 510 to 680 | |
| 450 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 1130 | |
| 760 to 870 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 970 | |
| 480 to 580 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 220 | |
| 79 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 470 to 2370 | |
| 610 to 890 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 31 | |
| 24 to 26 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 23 | |
| 26 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.8 to 0.93 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.2 to 69 | |
| 98.5 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 11.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.3 to 3.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |