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SAE-AISI 6150 Steel vs. S44626 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 6150 steel and S44626 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 73% 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 S44626 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 350
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 15 to 23
23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 750
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
80
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 730
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 1200
540
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 420 to 1160
350

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
300
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12 to 13
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.4
2.7

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.3
14
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
42
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130 to 180
110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 3590
300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 43
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 32
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 38
18

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.48 to 0.53
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 0.8 to 1.1
25 to 27
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 96.7 to 97.7
68.1 to 74.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 0.75
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
0 to 0.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.040
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.020
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 1.0
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.3
0