S30530 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 51B60 Steel
Both S30530 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 51B60 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S30530 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 51B60 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
| 200 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 46 | |
| 12 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 | |
| 280 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 390 to 420 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 400 to 550 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 970 | |
| 420 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1370 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 15 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.1 | |
| 7.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.4 | |
| 8.3 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 210 | |
| 73 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 420 to 800 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.1 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 13 | |
| 19 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.080 | |
| 0.56 to 0.64 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 17 to 20.5 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0.75 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58.4 to 72.5 | |
| 97 to 97.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 2.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.5 to 11.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |