S13800 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel
Both S13800 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 6150 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 290 to 480 | |
| 200 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 18 | |
| 15 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 410 to 870 | |
| 300 to 750 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 610 to 1030 | |
| 400 to 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1730 | |
| 630 to 1200 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 660 to 1580 | |
| 420 to 1160 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 16 | |
| 46 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 to 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.3 | |
| 7.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.6 | |
| 8.4 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.3 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 46 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 to 190 | |
| 130 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1090 to 5490 | |
| 460 to 3590 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 61 | |
| 22 to 43 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 41 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.3 | |
| 13 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 58 | |
| 20 to 38 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.9 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.48 to 0.53 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12.3 to 13.2 | |
| 0.8 to 1.1 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 77.3 | |
| 96.7 to 97.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.0080 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |