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EN 1.4742 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1086 Steel

Both EN 1.4742 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1086 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% 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 1.4742 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1086 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180
220 to 260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 17
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 180
300 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 370
450 to 520
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600
760 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
480 to 580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
240
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1000
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 19
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.2
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
1.8
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 32
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 84
79 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
610 to 890
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
27 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.1
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
26 to 30

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.7 to 1.2
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.8 to 0.93
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 77.2 to 81.6
98.5 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.3 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.7 to 1.4
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.050