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S45500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel

Both S45500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 280 to 500
180 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 3.4 to 11
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 570 to 890
240 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
72
Shear Strength, MPa 790 to 1090
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1370 to 1850
610 to 630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1240 to 1700
350 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 760
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 57
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 45 to 190
71 to 100
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 48 to 65
22 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 35 to 42
20 to 21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 48 to 64
20

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00050 to 0.0030
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0.4 to 0.6
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 2.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 71.5 to 79.2
97.3 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.5
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 9.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0 to 0.5
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Tantalum (Ta), % 0 to 0.5
0
Titanium (Ti), % 0.8 to 1.4
0

Comparable Variants