EN 1.4903 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H12 Steel
Both EN 1.4903 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H12 steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 96% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4903 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H12 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 to 680 | |
| 690 to 1850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1440 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 36 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 3.4 | |
| 8.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 4.0 | |
| 9.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.0 | |
| 9.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 36 | |
| 41 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 88 | |
| 76 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 24 to 65 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 22 to 42 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.0 | |
| 9.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 22 to 60 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.080 to 0.12 | |
| 0.3 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 8.0 to 9.5 | |
| 4.8 to 5.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87.1 to 90.5 | |
| 87.8 to 91.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.85 to 1.1 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.060 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.070 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 1.7 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.18 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |