SAE-AISI H24 Steel vs. EN 1.4594 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI H24 steel and EN 1.4594 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 H24 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4594 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1990 | |
| 1020 to 1170 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 240 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1750 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1700 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 420 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 27 | |
| 16 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 37 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 9.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 6.1 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 93 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 78 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 28 | |
| 19 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 12 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 36 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 to 39 | |
| 29 to 31 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.9 | |
| 4.4 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 22 to 61 | |
| 34 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.42 to 0.53 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 2.5 to 3.5 | |
| 13 to 15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78 to 82.4 | |
| 72.6 to 79.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.2 to 2.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 5.0 to 6.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.4 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |