AISI 309Cb Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D7 Steel
Both AISI 309Cb stainless steel and SAE-AISI D7 steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 309Cb stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D7 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 580 | |
| 800 to 2120 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 170 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 23 | |
| 16 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 20 | |
| 29 to 78 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 25 to 48 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.0 | |
| 7.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 27 to 72 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 2.2 to 2.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 22 to 24 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 56 to 66 | |
| 76.6 to 81.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12 to 16 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 3.8 to 4.4 |