SAE-AISI D3 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI D3 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% 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 D3 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 9.8 to 15 | |
| 14 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 940 | |
| 310 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 74 | |
| 79 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 470 to 1220 | |
| 500 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 770 to 2050 | |
| 780 to 940 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 480 to 1550 | |
| 430 to 810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 31 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 8.0 | |
| 22 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 4.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 34 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 97 to 180 | |
| 120 to 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 74 | |
| 28 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 47 | |
| 24 to 27 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 8.3 | |
| 3.6 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 63 | |
| 17 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 2.0 to 2.4 | |
| 0 to 0.060 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13.5 | |
| 20.5 to 23.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.3 to 87 | |
| 52.1 to 62.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 4.0 to 6.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 11.5 to 13.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.1 to 0.3 |