SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel vs. EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and EN 1.4122 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% 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 SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4122 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 20 | |
14 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 330 | |
260 to 360 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
77 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 380 | |
480 to 520 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 610 to 630 | |
790 to 850 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 350 to 530 | |
450 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
280 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
870 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 45 | |
15 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
10 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
2.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
9.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
2.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
33 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 48 | |
120 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 100 | |
93 to 110 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 330 to 750 | |
520 to 1000 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
28 to 31 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 21 | |
25 to 26 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
4.0 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 | |
28 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
0.33 to 0.45 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
15.5 to 17.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97.3 to 98.1 | |
77.2 to 83.4 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
0 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
0.8 to 1.3 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.040 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.015 |