SAE-AISI 1151 Steel vs. EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1151 steel and EN 1.4313 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 1151 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
12 to 17 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 410 | |
340 to 510 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 430 to 480 | |
460 to 600 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 800 | |
750 to 1000 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 660 | |
580 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
780 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1400 |
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 | 10 | |
2.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 12 | |
3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
10 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
34 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
110 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 86 to 100 | |
110 to 150 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 400 to 1170 | |
870 to 2100 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
27 to 36 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 24 | |
23 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
6.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 25 | |
27 to 36 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.55 | |
0 to 0.050 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
12 to 14 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 98.7 | |
78.5 to 84.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.3 to 0.7 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
3.5 to 4.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.020 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.7 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0.080 to 0.13 | |
0 to 0.015 |