EN 1.4571 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1095 Steel
Both EN 1.4571 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1095 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4571 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1095 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 270 | |
| 200 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 40 | |
| 10 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 330 | |
| 310 to 370 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 550 | |
| 400 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 600 to 900 | |
| 680 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 to 570 | |
| 500 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 240 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 950 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 47 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 9.6 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 19 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 54 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 190 | |
| 63 to 84 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 820 | |
| 660 to 930 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 24 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 26 | |
| 22 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 to 20 | |
| 22 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.9 to 1.0 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16.5 to 18.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 61.7 to 71 | |
| 98.4 to 98.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |