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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI H12 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI H12 steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI H12 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
690 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1480
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1440
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
9.0
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
76

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
12
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
24 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
22 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
22 to 60

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.3 to 0.4
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
4.8 to 5.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
87.8 to 91.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0.2 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
1.3 to 1.8
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0.8 to 1.2
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
1.0 to 1.7
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.5

Comparable Variants