MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI H42 Steel vs. S44627 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI H42 steel and S44627 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H42 steel and the bottom bar is S44627 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 700 to 1980
490

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1620
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1570
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 440
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 24
17
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
14
Density, g/cm3 8.4
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.8
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 130
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 98
160

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 31
30
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 23
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 65
18
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 42
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.5
4.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 57
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.55 to 0.7
0 to 0.010
Chromium (Cr), % 3.8 to 4.5
25 to 27.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.2
Iron (Fe), % 79.3 to 83.8
69.2 to 74.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.5 to 5.5
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.050 to 0.2
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Tungsten (W), % 5.5 to 6.8
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.8 to 2.2
0