SAE-AISI 6150 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 6150 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 350 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 23 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 750 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 730 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1200 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1160 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3590 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 38 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.53 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.7 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |