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EN 1.4557 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1023 Steel

Both EN 1.4557 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1023 steel are iron alloys. They have 53% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4557 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1023 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 160
130 to 140
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
17 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 260
180 to 270
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 560
430 to 480
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
240 to 410

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1090
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
53
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.0
6.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
8.0

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 29
1.8
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.6
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 76
18
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
77 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 210
150 to 450
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 19
15 to 17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19
16 to 17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12
14 to 15

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.2 to 0.25
Chromium (Cr), % 19.5 to 20.5
0
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 49.5 to 56.3
99.06 to 99.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.2
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.0 to 7.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 17.5 to 19.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.24
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.050