SAE-AISI 1039 Steel vs. EN 1.4005 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1039 steel and EN 1.4005 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% 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 SAE-AISI 1039 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4005 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 18 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 370 | |
| 240 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 380 to 420 | |
| 390 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 690 | |
| 630 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 340 to 580 | |
| 370 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 7.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 88 to 94 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 310 to 890 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 24 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 22 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 22 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.37 to 0.44 | |
| 0.060 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.5 to 98.9 | |
| 82.4 to 87.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |