EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 52100 Steel
Both EN 1.4415 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 52100 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 1.4415 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 52100 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 20 | |
| 10 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 470 to 510 | |
| 250 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 520 to 570 | |
| 370 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 930 | |
| 590 to 2010 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 730 to 840 | |
| 360 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 790 | |
| 430 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 19 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.9 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 8.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
| 54 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1350 to 1790 | |
| 350 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 21 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 to 27 | |
| 20 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.1 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 34 | |
| 19 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.93 to 1.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.9 to 82.4 | |
| 96.5 to 97.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.25 to 0.45 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 6.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |