SAE-AISI 51B60 Steel vs. S82441 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 51B60 steel and S82441 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 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 51B60 steel and the bottom bar is S82441 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 | |
| 250 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 21 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 to 340 | |
| 400 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 390 to 420 | |
| 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 760 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 to 550 | |
| 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 1090 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 43 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 13 |
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 | 2.1 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 170 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 73 to 120 | |
| 190 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 to 800 | |
| 740 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 23 | |
| 27 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 24 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 12 | |
| 3.9 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0.00050 to 0.0030 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.56 to 0.64 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 23 to 25 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 97 to 97.8 | |
| 62.6 to 70.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.75 to 1.0 | |
| 2.5 to 4.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.0 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |