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SAE-AISI H42 Steel vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI H42 steel and AISI 301L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 79% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H42 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301L 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 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1980
620 to 1040

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
13
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.8
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 98
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 65
22 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 42
21 to 29
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.5
4.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 57
14 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.55 to 0.7
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 3.8 to 4.5
16 to 18
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 79.3 to 83.8
70.7 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.5 to 5.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 5.5 to 6.8
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.8 to 2.2
0

Comparable Variants