Annealed S45500 Stainless Steel vs. Annealed SAE-AISI T6
Both annealed S45500 stainless steel and annealed SAE-AISI T6 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed S45500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is annealed SAE-AISI T6.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 210 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 81 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1370 | |
| 880 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1830 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1770 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 400 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 17 | |
| 70 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 9.5 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.8 | |
| 11 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 57 | |
| 170 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 39 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 12 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 48 | |
| 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 35 | |
| 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 48 | |
| 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.75 to 0.85 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 4.0 to 4.8 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.5 to 79.2 | |
| 55.9 to 63.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.4 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.2 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Tantalum (Ta), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.8 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 18.5 to 21 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 2.1 |