SAE-AISI H14 Steel vs. S44660 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI H14 steel and S44660 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 24 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H14 steel and the bottom bar is S44660 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.27 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 710 to 2030 | |
| 660 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1530 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1490 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 460 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 35 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 9.3 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 10 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 21 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.7 | |
| 4.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 61 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 73 | |
| 180 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 38 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 69 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 44 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.3 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 68 | |
| 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.35 to 0.45 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 4.8 to 5.5 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 86.5 to 89.9 | |
| 60.4 to 71 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.0 to 3.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.8 to 1.2 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 1.0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 4.0 to 5.3 | |
| 0 |