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SAE-AISI M42 Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI M42 steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 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 M42 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 810 to 2310
1690 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1540
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1490
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 30
16
Density, g/cm3 8.2
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.4
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 100
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 38
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 79
60 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 48
40 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 71
58 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.4 to 1.8
Carbon (C), % 1.1 to 1.2
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 3.5 to 4.3
11 to 12.5
Cobalt (Co), % 7.8 to 8.8
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 76.3 to 81
71.5 to 75.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 9.0 to 10
1.8 to 2.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
10.2 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.65
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Tungsten (W), % 1.2 to 1.9
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.0 to 1.4
0

Comparable Variants