SAE-AISI D2 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI D2 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI D2 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.0 to 16 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 860 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 1160 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 760 to 2000 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 470 to 1510 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 50 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 92 to 100 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 570 to 5940 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 72 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 67 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 1.4 to 1.6 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 81.3 to 86.9 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.1 | |
| 0 |