SAE-AISI 51B60 Steel vs. EN 1.4584 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 51B60 steel and EN 1.4584 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 49% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 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 SAE-AISI 51B60 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4584 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
150 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
34 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 340 | |
170 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
79 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
500 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 550 | |
210 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
1100 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
1440 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1390 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
460 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
17 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
15 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.2 | |
1.7 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.3 | |
1.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.1 | |
31 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
8.1 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
5.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
78 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
200 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 120 | |
140 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 to 800 | |
110 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
17 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
17 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
4.5 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
12 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
0 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
0 to 0.025 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
19 to 21 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
1.0 to 3.0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 97.8 | |
41.7 to 52 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
4.0 to 5.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
24 to 26 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.2 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.020 |