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AISI 312 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel

Both AISI 312 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 50B60 steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 312 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B60 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 250
180 to 190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 370
240 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
72
Shear Strength, MPa 510
380
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780
610 to 630
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 510
350 to 530

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
45
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
12

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.1
7.2
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 17
2.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
1.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 48
19
Embodied Water, L/kg 170
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190
71 to 100
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 640
330 to 750
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28
22 to 23
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
20 to 21
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21
20

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00050 to 0.0030
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.56 to 0.64
Chromium (Cr), % 24 to 26
0.4 to 0.6
Iron (Fe), % 62.2 to 69.2
97.3 to 98.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.2 to 2.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 5.5 to 6.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.14 to 0.2
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040