EN 1.3975 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 50B46 Steel
Both EN 1.3975 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 50B46 steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 EN 1.3975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 50B46 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 27 | |
| 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 | |
| 220 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 660 | |
| 540 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 320 | |
| 310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 340 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 910 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1320 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 500 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.9 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.5 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.3 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 47 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 99 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 270 | |
| 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 26 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 | |
| 16 |
Alloy Composition
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00050 to 0.0030 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.44 to 0.49 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 16 to 18 | |
| 0.2 to 0.35 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 58.2 to 65.4 | |
| 97.7 to 98.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 7.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 9.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.080 to 0.18 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |