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EN 1.4859 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1095 Steel

Both EN 1.4859 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1095 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 1095 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 140
200 to 270
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
10 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
310 to 370
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 490
680 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 210
500 to 590

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
240
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1050
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1410
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
47
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.7
9.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 1.9
11

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
63 to 84
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 110
660 to 930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
24 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
22 to 26
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.4
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 11
22 to 29

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.050 to 0.15
0.9 to 1.0
Chromium (Cr), % 19 to 21
0
Iron (Fe), % 40.3 to 49
98.4 to 98.8
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