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SAE-AISI H41 Steel vs. S45500 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI H41 steel and S45500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI H41 steel and the bottom bar is S45500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 710 to 2210
1370 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
270
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1560
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1510
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 18
17
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.8
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 97
57
Embodied Water, L/kg 97
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
13
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24 to 76
48 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22 to 47
35 to 42
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 20 to 64
48 to 64

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.6 to 0.75
0 to 0.050
Chromium (Cr), % 3.5 to 4.0
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 81.8 to 85
71.5 to 79.2
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.5
Molybdenum (Mo), % 8.2 to 9.2
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0
7.5 to 9.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.5
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.45
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tantalum (Ta), % 0
0 to 0.5
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.8 to 1.4
Tungsten (W), % 1.4 to 2.1
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.0 to 1.3
0

Comparable Variants