SAE-AISI 1541 Steel vs. EN 1.4849 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 1541 steel and EN 1.4849 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a modest 39% of their average alloy composition in common, which, by itself, doesn't mean much. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 1541 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4849 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 210 to 220 | |
| 140 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 17 | |
| 4.5 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 to 420 | |
| 120 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 790 | |
| 480 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 390 to 680 | |
| 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 320 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1340 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 52 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 15 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 42 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 7.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 100 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 78 to 100 | |
| 18 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 410 to 1250 | |
| 160 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 28 | |
| 17 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 24 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 14 | |
| 3.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 25 | |
| 11 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.36 to 0.44 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.8 to 98.3 | |
| 32.6 to 43.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.4 to 1.7 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 36 to 39 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 1.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |