SAE-AISI 1524 Steel vs. EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1524 steel and EN 1.4424 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.4424 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 170 to 180 | |
230 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
28 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 340 | |
350 to 370 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
78 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 360 to 390 | |
520 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 570 to 650 | |
800 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 to 540 | |
480 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
310 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
960 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
1390 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
13 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
12 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.3 | |
2.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.5 | |
2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
15 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
3.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
46 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 84 to 110 | |
190 to 200 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 to 760 | |
580 to 640 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 to 23 | |
29 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 21 | |
25 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
3.5 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 21 | |
23 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.19 to 0.25 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
18 to 19 |
Iron (Fe), % | 98 to 98.5 | |
68.6 to 72.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
1.2 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
2.5 to 3.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
4.5 to 5.2 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.050 to 0.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
1.4 to 2.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
0 to 0.015 |