EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1151 Steel
Both EN 1.4477 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1151 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% 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 1.4477 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1151 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 | |
| 210 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 210 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 23 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 490 | |
| 260 to 410 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 81 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 580 | |
| 430 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 880 to 930 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 620 to 730 | |
| 390 to 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 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 | 13 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 10 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 20 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.7 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 190 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 180 to 190 | |
| 86 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 940 to 1290 | |
| 400 to 1170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 33 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 27 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.48 to 0.55 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 28 to 30 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.6 to 63.6 | |
| 98.3 to 98.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.8 to 7.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.3 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |