SAE-AISI P3 Steel vs. EN 1.4596 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI P3 steel and EN 1.4596 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI P3 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4596 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 410 to 1980 | |
| 1030 to 1600 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.8 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 3.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 48 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 50 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 70 | |
| 36 to 56 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 44 | |
| 29 to 39 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 65 | |
| 35 to 54 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.4 to 0.75 | |
| 11.5 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.3 to 98.4 | |
| 73.4 to 76.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.2 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 1.9 to 2.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 1.5 | |
| 9.2 to 10.2 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.28 to 0.4 |