SAE-AISI H13 Steel vs. AISI 321 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI H13 steel and AISI 321 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 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 H13 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 321 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 | 74 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 690 to 1820 | |
| 590 to 690 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 290 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 29 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 8.3 | |
| 2.4 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 9.7 | |
| 2.7 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 6.0 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.3 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 78 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 9.9 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 25 to 65 | |
| 21 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 20 to 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.8 | |
| 4.1 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 65 | |
| 13 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.32 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 17 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 88.8 to 92 | |
| 65.3 to 74 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.1 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 9.0 to 12 |
| 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 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |