EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1023 Steel
Both EN 1.4913 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1023 steel are iron alloys. They have 87% 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 1.4913 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1023 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
17 to 29 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 480 | |
180 to 270 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
280 to 300 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
430 to 480 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 850 | |
240 to 410 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 700 | |
400 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1460 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1420 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
53 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
6.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
1.8 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
18 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
45 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 160 | |
77 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1860 | |
150 to 450 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
15 to 17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
16 to 17 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
14 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 34 | |
14 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0 |
Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
0.2 to 0.25 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 88.3 | |
99.06 to 99.5 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
0.3 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
0 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
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), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
0 |