S31727 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel
Both S31727 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S31727 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
180 to 190 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 40 | |
12 to 20 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 | |
240 to 330 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
72 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 430 | |
380 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 | |
610 to 630 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 270 | |
350 to 530 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1010 | |
410 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1450 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
1410 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
470 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 24 | |
2.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 8.0 | |
7.8 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.7 | |
1.4 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 64 | |
19 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
48 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 200 | |
71 to 100 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 190 | |
330 to 750 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 | |
22 to 23 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
20 to 21 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
20 |
Alloy Composition
Boron (B), % | 0 | |
0.00050 to 0.0030 |
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0.56 to 0.64 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 17.5 to 19 | |
0.4 to 0.6 |
Copper (Cu), % | 2.8 to 4.0 | |
0 |
Iron (Fe), % | 53.7 to 61.3 | |
97.3 to 98.1 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.75 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.8 to 4.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 14.5 to 16.5 | |
0 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0.15 to 0.21 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.035 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
0.15 to 0.35 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
0 to 0.040 |