SAE-AISI 6150 Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI 6150 steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 66% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel and the bottom bar is S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 200 to 350 | |
| 210 to 300 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 to 23 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 300 to 750 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 400 to 730 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 630 to 1200 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 420 to 1160 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 46 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 to 13 | |
| 17 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 7.3 | |
| 2.5 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 8.4 | |
| 2.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.3 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.0 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 28 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 130 to 180 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 460 to 3590 | |
| 380 to 2070 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 43 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 32 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 13 | |
| 3.8 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 20 to 38 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.48 to 0.53 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.8 to 1.1 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 97.7 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.35 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |