SAE-AISI 52100 Steel vs. EN 1.4404 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 52100 steel and EN 1.4404 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 (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 1.4404 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 to 210 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 10 to 20 | |
| 14 to 43 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 340 | |
| 220 to 320 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 to 420 | |
| 420 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 to 2010 | |
| 600 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 360 to 560 | |
| 240 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 430 | |
| 950 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 47 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 16 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 2.6 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 52 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 to 310 | |
| 110 to 210 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 350 to 840 | |
| 140 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 72 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 45 | |
| 20 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 61 | |
| 13 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.93 to 1.1 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 16.5 to 18.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.5 to 97.3 | |
| 62.8 to 71.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.25 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 10 to 13 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |