SAE-AISI 6150 Steel vs. EN 1.4477 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 6150 steel and EN 1.4477 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 62% 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 6150 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4477 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 200 to 350 | |
270 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
210 |
Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 23 | |
22 to 23 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 750 | |
420 to 490 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.27 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
81 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 730 | |
550 to 580 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1200 | |
880 to 930 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1160 | |
620 to 730 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
300 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
1100 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
1380 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
13 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
13 |
Electrical Properties
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
2.2 |
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
20 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
3.7 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
52 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
190 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
180 to 190 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3590 | |
940 to 1290 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
15 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 43 | |
31 to 33 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 32 | |
26 to 27 |
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
3.5 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 38 | |
23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.53 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
28 to 30 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.8 |
Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.7 | |
56.6 to 63.6 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
0.8 to 1.5 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 2.6 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
5.8 to 7.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0.3 to 0.4 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
0 to 0.5 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
0 |