SAE-AISI 1025 Steel vs. EN 1.4415 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1025 steel and EN 1.4415 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 SAE-AISI 1025 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4415 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 28 | |
17 to 20 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 280 | |
470 to 510 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 310 | |
520 to 570 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 450 to 500 | |
830 to 930 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 250 to 420 | |
730 to 840 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
790 |
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 | 52 | |
19 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
9.9 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 6.9 | |
2.4 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.0 | |
2.8 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
13 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
3.6 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
51 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 45 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 110 | |
150 to 160 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 470 | |
1350 to 1790 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 18 | |
29 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 18 | |
25 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
5.1 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
30 to 34 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.22 to 0.28 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
11.5 to 13.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 99.03 to 99.48 | |
75.9 to 82.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 2.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
4.5 to 6.5 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.010 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.5 |