SAE-AISI F1 Steel vs. EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI F1 steel and EN 1.3975 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI F1 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3975 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 2320 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 340 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1360 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1320 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 500 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 5.0 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 24 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.3 | |
| 21 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 82 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 49 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 to 70 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.0 to 1.3 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.9 to 98 | |
| 58.2 to 65.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 7.0 to 9.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 9.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.080 to 0.18 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.0 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |