SAE-AISI 1080 Steel vs. EN 1.4568 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1080 steel and EN 1.4568 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 1080 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4568 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
2.3 to 21 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 360 | |
220 to 670 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 520 | |
520 to 930 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 870 | |
830 to 1620 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 590 | |
330 to 1490 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
890 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1420 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
16 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.6 | |
2.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 11 | |
2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
13 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
40 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 80 to 84 | |
36 to 140 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 610 to 920 | |
290 to 5710 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 31 | |
30 to 58 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 26 | |
25 to 40 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
4.3 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 29 | |
23 to 46 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0.7 to 1.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.75 to 0.88 | |
0 to 0.090 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
16 to 18 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.7 | |
70.9 to 76.8 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
6.5 to 7.8 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.7 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.015 |