EN 1.4913 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel
Both EN 1.4913 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4913 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 14 to 22 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 320 to 480 | |
| 240 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 590 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 870 to 980 | |
| 610 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 850 | |
| 350 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 700 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 24 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.9 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.9 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 41 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 97 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 160 | |
| 71 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 600 to 1860 | |
| 330 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 31 to 35 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 26 to 28 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.5 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 31 to 34 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 to 0.0015 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.17 to 0.23 | |
| 0.56 to 0.64 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 10 to 11.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 84.5 to 88.3 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.4 to 0.9 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.25 to 0.55 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.050 to 0.1 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |