EN 1.4962 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel
Both EN 1.4962 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4962 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 210 | |
| 180 to 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 to 34 | |
| 12 to 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 330 | |
| 240 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 420 to 440 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 690 | |
| 610 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 260 to 490 | |
| 350 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 14 | |
| 45 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 12 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 23 | |
| 2.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 59 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 48 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 170 | |
| 71 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 170 to 610 | |
| 330 to 750 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 to 24 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 3.7 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 16 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.0015 to 0.0060 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.070 to 0.15 | |
| 0.56 to 0.64 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15.5 to 17.5 | |
| 0.4 to 0.6 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 62.1 to 69 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 12.5 to 14.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.4 to 0.7 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 2.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |