SAE-AISI 4130 Steel vs. EN 1.4303 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 4130 steel and EN 1.4303 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 4130 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4303 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 300 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 13 to 26 | |
| 13 to 49 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 660 | |
| 220 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 340 to 640 | |
| 420 to 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 530 to 1040 | |
| 590 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 440 to 980 | |
| 230 to 560 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 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 | 43 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 46 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 83 to 180 | |
| 110 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 500 to 2550 | |
| 140 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 19 to 37 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 19 to 29 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 to 31 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.28 to 0.33 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.2 | |
| 64.8 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |