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SAE-AISI L3 Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI L3 steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (13, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI L3 steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 72
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 600 to 2250
1260 to 1930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 2.5
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.9
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 27
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 53
120

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 80
44 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 49
33 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 18 to 67
44 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 1.0 to 1.1
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 1.3 to 1.7
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 95.5 to 97.3
72.6 to 76.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.25 to 0.8
0 to 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10.7 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.1 to 0.5
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.5 to 1.8
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0

Comparable Variants