ACI-ASTM CG6MMN Steel vs. AISI 403 Stainless Steel
Both ACI-ASTM CG6MMN steel and AISI 403 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 70% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ACI-ASTM CG6MMN steel and the bottom bar is AISI 403 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 190 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 16 to 25 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 260 | |
| 200 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 670 | |
| 530 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 280 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 740 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 17 | |
| 9.9 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 6.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 27 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 99 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 12 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 190 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 260 | |
| 210 to 840 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 20 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 11.5 to 13 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 51.9 to 62.1 | |
| 84.7 to 88.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |