EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1141 Steel
Both EN 1.4655 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1141 steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 1.4655 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1141 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 23 to 25 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 | |
| 270 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.27 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 | |
| 460 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 730 | |
| 740 to 810 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 480 | |
| 400 to 700 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1050 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 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 | 15 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 160 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 160 | |
| 86 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 580 | |
| 430 to 1290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
| 24 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.37 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 63.6 to 73.4 | |
| 97.7 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.080 to 0.13 |