SAE-AISI 1084 Steel vs. EN 1.4655 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1084 steel and EN 1.4655 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% 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 1084 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4655 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 370 | |
| 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 550 | |
| 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
| 720 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 510 to 600 | |
| 450 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1050 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 81 to 89 | |
| 150 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 700 to 960 | |
| 510 to 580 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 30 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.8 to 0.93 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 3.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.1 to 98.6 | |
| 63.6 to 73.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.5 to 5.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |