SAE-AISI M33 Steel vs. N08800 Stainless Steel
Both SAE-AISI M33 steel and N08800 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 50% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (11, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M33 steel and the bottom bar is N08800 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 78 | |
| 77 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 810 to 2210 | |
| 500 to 1000 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 300 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1550 | |
| 1390 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1500 | |
| 1360 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 440 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 20 | |
| 12 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 12 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 30 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.2 | |
| 8.0 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 7.7 | |
| 5.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 110 | |
| 76 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 200 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 38 | |
| 21 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 75 | |
| 18 to 35 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 46 | |
| 18 to 28 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 5.5 | |
| 3.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 25 to 68 | |
| 13 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.85 to 0.92 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 3.5 to 4.0 | |
| 19 to 23 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 7.8 to 8.8 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 71.4 to 76.3 | |
| 39.5 to 50.7 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.15 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 9.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 30 to 35 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.6 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 1.3 to 2.1 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |