SAE-AISI 1524 Steel vs. EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1524 steel and EN 1.4303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 1524 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 13 to 49 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
| 220 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 390 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 650 | |
| 590 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 540 | |
| 230 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 940 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.5 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 110 | |
| 110 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 760 | |
| 140 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 23 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.19 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.5 | |
| 64.8 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |