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EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1086 Steel

Both EN 1.4859 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1086 steel are iron alloys. They have 45% 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 1.4859 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1086 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
220 to 260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
300 to 360
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
760 to 870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
480 to 580

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
240
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
50
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
7.0
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
8.1

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
1.8
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 88
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
45

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 91
79 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
610 to 890
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
27 to 31
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
24 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
14
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
26 to 30

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0.8 to 0.93
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0
Iron (Fe), % 40.3 to 49
98.5 to 98.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.3 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 31 to 33
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.050