SAE-AISI 1090 Steel vs. EN 1.4005 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1090 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 1090 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, % | 11 | |
| 13 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 380 | |
| 240 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 570 | |
| 390 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 790 to 950 | |
| 630 to 750 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 520 to 610 | |
| 370 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 760 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 50 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 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 | 19 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 91 | |
| 90 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 730 to 1000 | |
| 350 to 650 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 34 | |
| 23 to 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 21 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 31 | |
| 23 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.85 to 1.0 | |
| 0.060 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.6 | |
| 82.4 to 87.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 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 |