AISI 436 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H24 Steel
Both AISI 436 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H24 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 AISI 436 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H24 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 78 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 500 | |
| 720 to 1990 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 240 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1750 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1700 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 420 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 27 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 37 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 9.1 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 6.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 93 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 78 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 28 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 61 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 20 to 39 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 6.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 | |
| 22 to 61 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0.42 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 2.5 to 3.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 77.8 to 83.3 | |
| 78 to 82.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |