EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1030 Steel
Both EN 1.4938 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1030 steel are iron alloys. They have 83% 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 1.4938 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1030 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 16 to 17 | |
| 14 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 390 to 520 | |
| 210 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 540 to 630 | |
| 330 to 360 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 1030 | |
| 530 to 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 640 to 870 | |
| 300 to 490 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 750 | |
| 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 | 30 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.0 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 160 | |
| 77 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1050 to 1920 | |
| 230 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 37 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 29 | |
| 18 to 20 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.1 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 30 to 35 | |
| 17 to 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.15 | |
| 0.28 to 0.34 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.5 to 84.8 | |
| 98.7 to 99.12 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 2.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.020 to 0.040 | |
| 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), % | 0.25 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |