EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1137 Steel
Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1137 steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1137 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 220 | |
200 to 210 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
11 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 | |
250 to 400 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 500 | |
430 to 460 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 | |
700 to 760 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 | |
370 to 650 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1390 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1340 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
1.9 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 220 | |
81 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 | |
360 to 1130 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 | |
25 to 27 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
22 to 24 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.020 to 0.1 | |
0.32 to 0.39 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 19 | |
0 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 59 to 67.3 | |
97.8 to 98.3 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 10.5 to 12.5 | |
1.4 to 1.7 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0.080 to 0.13 |