Annealed SAE-AISI L2 vs. Annealed S45500 Stainless Steel
Both annealed SAE-AISI L2 and annealed S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed SAE-AISI L2 and the bottom bar is annealed S45500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 180 | |
| 280 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 20 | |
| 3.4 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 280 | |
| 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 72 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 370 | |
| 790 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 590 | |
| 1370 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 400 | |
| 1240 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 17 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.9 | |
| 3.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 27 | |
| 57 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 51 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 | |
| 45 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 420 | |
| 4000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 21 | |
| 48 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 20 | |
| 35 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 19 | |
| 48 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.45 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 1.2 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 1.5 to 2.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 95.5 to 98.7 | |
| 71.5 to 79.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.1 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 7.5 to 9.5 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.4 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |