SAE-AISI O1 Steel vs. EN 1.4057 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI O1 steel and EN 1.4057 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 23 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI O1 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4057 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 640 to 2060 | |
| 840 to 980 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.4 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.5 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 to 73 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 46 | |
| 26 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 6.7 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 68 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.85 to 1.0 | |
| 0.12 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95 to 97.4 | |
| 77.7 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |