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AISI 305 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel

Both AISI 305 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% 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 AISI 305 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 220
180 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34 to 45
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 280
240 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
72
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 470
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 710
610 to 630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 350
350 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 540
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 16
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.2
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 45
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200 to 210
71 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 130 to 320
330 to 750
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 25
22 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 23
20 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.2
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 15
20

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00050 to 0.0030
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.12
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
0.4 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 65.1 to 72.5
97.3 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.75 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.5 to 13
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040

Comparable Variants