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SAE-AISI 50B60 Steel vs. S28200 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and S28200 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 63% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 SAE-AISI 50B60 steel and the bottom bar is S28200 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 180 to 190
260
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 12 to 20
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 330
430
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
77
Shear Strength, MPa 380
610
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 630
870
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 350 to 530
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 410
900
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1380
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1330
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
18

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.0
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.6
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
2.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
41
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
160

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 71 to 100
330
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 330 to 750
540
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
15
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
26
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 23
32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 21
27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20
17

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00050 to 0.0030
0
Carbon (C), % 0.56 to 0.64
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.4 to 0.6
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Iron (Fe), % 97.3 to 98.1
57.7 to 64.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.75 to 1.0
17 to 19
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.4 to 0.6
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030