EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1064 Steel
Both EN 1.4903 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1064 steel are iron alloys. They have 89% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1064 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 to 21 | |
| 12 to 13 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 330 | |
| 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 | |
| 430 to 440 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 720 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 500 | |
| 470 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 650 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.0 | |
| 8.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 79 to 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 650 | |
| 600 to 630 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0.6 to 0.7 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |