SAE-AISI 6150 Steel vs. EN 1.4938 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 6150 steel and EN 1.4938 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% 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 6150 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4938 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 23 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 750 | |
| 390 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 730 | |
| 540 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1200 | |
| 870 to 1030 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1160 | |
| 640 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 750 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 30 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.9 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 3.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 10 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 3.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 47 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 140 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3590 | |
| 1050 to 1920 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 31 to 37 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 26 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 8.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 38 | |
| 30 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.53 | |
| 0.080 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.7 | |
| 80.5 to 84.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0.4 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.020 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| 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 | |
| 0.25 to 0.4 |