SAE-AISI M50 Steel vs. SAE-AISI M3 Class 2 Steel
Both SAE-AISI M50 steel and SAE-AISI M3 class 2 steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M50 steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI M3 class 2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 2250 | |
| 770 to 2210 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
| 260 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1480 | |
| 1620 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1570 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 440 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 35 | |
| 26 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 9.0 | |
| 25 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.1 | |
| 12 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 74 | |
| 180 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 83 | |
| 110 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 33 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 80 | |
| 26 to 74 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 49 | |
| 22 to 45 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 9.7 | |
| 7.2 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 66 | |
| 24 to 69 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.78 to 0.88 | |
| 1.2 to 1.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
| 3.8 to 4.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 87 to 90.4 | |
| 75.8 to 82.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.45 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.9 to 4.8 | |
| 4.8 to 6.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0.2 to 0.45 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 6.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.8 to 1.3 | |
| 2.8 to 3.8 |