SAE-AISI D2 Steel vs. EN 1.3967 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI D2 steel and EN 1.3967 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 68% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI D2 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.3967 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 16 | |
| 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 2000 | |
| 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1510 | |
| 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 66 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 36 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 100 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 5940 | |
| 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 72 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 67 | |
| 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 20 to 21.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.3 to 86.9 | |
| 50.3 to 57.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |