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SAE-AISI T6 Steel vs. EN 1.4612 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI T6 steel and EN 1.4612 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% 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 T6 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4612 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 81
76
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 880 to 2150
1690 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1830
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1770
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 400
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 70
16
Density, g/cm3 9.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 11
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
50
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 39
19
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 63
60 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 39
40 to 43
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26 to 64
58 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
1.4 to 1.8
Carbon (C), % 0.75 to 0.85
0 to 0.015
Chromium (Cr), % 4.0 to 4.8
11 to 12.5
Cobalt (Co), % 11 to 13
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 55.9 to 63.5
71.5 to 75.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.4 to 1.0
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), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.0050
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.2 to 0.5
Tungsten (W), % 18.5 to 21
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.5 to 2.1
0

Comparable Variants