EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D3 Steel
Both EN 1.4313 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D3 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4313 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D3 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 9.8 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 510 | |
| 310 to 940 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 600 | |
| 470 to 1220 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 to 1000 | |
| 770 to 2050 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 910 | |
| 480 to 1550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 25 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 3.0 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 3.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 34 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 97 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 28 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 24 to 47 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.7 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 2.0 to 2.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 11 to 13.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.5 to 84.2 | |
| 80.3 to 87 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |