SAE-AISI 1043 Steel vs. EN 1.4057 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1043 steel and EN 1.4057 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% 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 1043 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4057 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 18 | |
| 11 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 390 | |
| 320 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 430 | |
| 520 to 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 650 to 710 | |
| 840 to 980 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 600 | |
| 530 to 790 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 850 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 87 to 100 | |
| 96 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 320 to 980 | |
| 700 to 1610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 22 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.4 to 0.47 | |
| 0.12 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 98.9 | |
| 77.7 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| 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 |