SAE-AISI M3 Class 2 Steel vs. EN 1.4740 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI M3 class 2 steel and EN 1.4740 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 18 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 M3 class 2 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4740 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 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1620 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1570 | |
| 1370 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 490 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 26 | |
| 18 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 25 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.3 | |
| 7.6 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 12 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 180 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 33 | |
| 18 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
| 25 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 7.2 | |
| 4.8 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 1.2 to 1.3 | |
| 0.3 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 16 to 19 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 75.8 to 82.3 | |
| 75.4 to 82.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 4.8 to 6.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.45 | |
| 1.0 to 2.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 5.0 to 6.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 2.8 to 3.8 | |
| 0 |