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EN 1.4307 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel

Both EN 1.4307 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 6150 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4307 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 270
200 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
15 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 190 to 320
300 to 750
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 410 to 550
400 to 730
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 590 to 900
630 to 1200
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200 to 570
420 to 1160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 15
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12 to 13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.4
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.7
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 210
130 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100 to 810
460 to 3590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 32
22 to 43
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
21 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.0
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 20
20 to 38

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.48 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
0.8 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
96.7 to 97.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0.7 to 0.9
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
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 0.015
0 to 0.040
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.3

Comparable Variants