EN 1.4959 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1330 Steel
Both EN 1.4959 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1330 steel are iron alloys. They have 46% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4959 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1330 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
| 11 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 210 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 430 | |
| 330 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
| 520 to 710 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 290 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1090 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1350 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 12 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 1.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.0 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 31 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 76 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 200 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 76 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 96 | |
| 230 to 990 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
| 19 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 18 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.2 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 17 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.25 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0.28 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 39.4 to 50.5 | |
| 97.3 to 98 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 1.6 to 1.9 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 30 to 34 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.25 to 0.65 | |
| 0 |