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SAE-AISI 6150 Steel vs. EN 1.4887 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI 6150 steel and EN 1.4887 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 42% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4887 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 200 to 350
170
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 15 to 23
45
Fatigue Strength, MPa 300 to 750
280
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
76
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 730
400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630 to 1200
580
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 420 to 1160
300

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
320
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 420
1100
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1390
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1350
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 46
12
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12 to 13
15

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.3
1.7
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.4
1.9

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.3
39
Density, g/cm3 7.8
8.0
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
6.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
96
Embodied Water, L/kg 51
210

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 130 to 180
220
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460 to 3590
230
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 43
20
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 32
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
3.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 38
14

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.48 to 0.53
0 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 0.8 to 1.1
20 to 23
Iron (Fe), % 96.7 to 97.7
34.2 to 45
Manganese (Mn), % 0.7 to 0.9
0 to 2.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0
33 to 37
Niobium (Nb), % 0
1.0 to 1.5
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.35
1.0 to 2.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0.15 to 0.3
0