SAE-AISI 12L14 Steel vs. EN 1.1203 Steel
Both SAE-AISI 12L14 steel and EN 1.1203 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 99% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 12L14 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1203 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 170 | |
| 200 to 230 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 25 | |
| 12 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 190 to 290 | |
| 210 to 310 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 370 | |
| 420 to 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 440 to 620 | |
| 690 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 460 | |
| 340 to 480 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 51 | |
| 48 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.2 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 64 to 93 | |
| 69 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 180 to 560 | |
| 310 to 610 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 22 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 20 | |
| 22 to 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 20 | |
| 22 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.15 | |
| 0.52 to 0.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.9 to 98.7 | |
| 97.1 to 98.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.85 to 1.2 | |
| 0.6 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0.040 to 0.090 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0.26 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |