SAE-AISI 1043 Steel vs. EN 1.4021 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1043 steel and EN 1.4021 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 1043 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4021 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 18 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 240 to 380 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 430 | |
| 390 to 530 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 710 | |
| 630 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 600 | |
| 390 to 670 |
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 | |
| 11 |
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 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 100 | |
| 88 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 to 980 | |
| 400 to 1160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 23 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 21 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 22 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.47 | |
| 0.16 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 83.2 to 87.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |