SAE-AISI M62 Steel vs. AISI 304L Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI M62 steel and AISI 304L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (15, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M62 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304L stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
200 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
77 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 830 to 2440 | |
540 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 260 | |
290 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1650 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
1400 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 30 | |
16 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.5 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 10 | |
3.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 150 | |
44 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
150 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 49 | |
20 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 23 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 80 | |
19 to 41 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 47 | |
19 to 31 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 24 to 71 | |
12 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 1.3 to 1.4 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
18 to 20 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.4 | |
65 to 74 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
0 to 2.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 10 to 11 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
8.0 to 12 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
0 to 0.1 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.045 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
0 to 0.75 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Tungsten (W), % | 5.8 to 6.5 | |
0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 1.8 to 2.1 | |
0 |