SAE-AISI 1213 Steel vs. EN 1.4606 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1213 steel and EN 1.4606 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 55% 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 1213 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4606 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 29 | |
23 to 39 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 290 | |
240 to 420 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
75 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 290 to 360 | |
410 to 640 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 600 | |
600 to 1020 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 470 | |
280 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
910 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
14 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
11 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.0 | |
1.9 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.1 | |
2.2 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
26 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
6.0 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
87 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
170 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 63 to 110 | |
190 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 580 | |
200 to 1010 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 21 | |
21 to 36 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 20 | |
20 to 28 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
3.7 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 19 | |
21 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.35 |
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.0010 to 0.010 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.13 | |
0 to 0.080 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
13 to 16 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98.4 to 99 | |
49.2 to 59 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 1.0 | |
1.0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 1.5 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
24 to 27 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0.070 to 0.12 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0.24 to 0.33 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
1.9 to 2.3 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0.1 to 0.5 |