SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and EN 1.4122 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 83% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 52100 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4122 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 480 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 790 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 450 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 310 | |
| 93 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 840 | |
| 520 to 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 28 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 28 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0.33 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 77.2 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |