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SAE-AISI H12 Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI H12 steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H12 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
78
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 690 to 1850
520 to 1180

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1400
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 36
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 8.3
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 9.5
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
19
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.9
3.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
53
Embodied Water, L/kg 76
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
26
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 65
18 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 42
18 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 9.8
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 22 to 60
11 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.3 to 0.4
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 4.8 to 5.5
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 87.8 to 91.7
62 to 72
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.3 to 1.8
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
10 to 14
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.8 to 1.2
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 1.0 to 1.7
0
Vanadium (V), % 0 to 0.5
0

Comparable Variants