EN 1.4507 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1547 Steel
Both EN 1.4507 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1547 steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 1.4507 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1547 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 | |
| 200 to 220 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 270 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 530 | |
| 440 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 840 | |
| 740 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 590 | |
| 400 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 7.1 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 8.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 21 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.0 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 80 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 | |
| 430 to 1280 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 30 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.43 to 0.51 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 24 to 26 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56.4 to 65.8 | |
| 97.8 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 6.0 to 8.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |