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SAE-AISI M43 Steel vs. AISI 304LN Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI M43 steel and AISI 304LN stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% 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 M43 steel and the bottom bar is AISI 304LN 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 77
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 810 to 2290
580 to 1160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1550
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1500
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 450
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 19
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 33
16
Density, g/cm3 8.2
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.5
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 120
44
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
150

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 35
21
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27 to 77
21 to 41
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 47
20 to 31
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 5.3
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 25 to 71
13 to 26

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 1.2 to 1.3
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 3.5 to 4.3
18 to 20
Cobalt (Co), % 7.8 to 8.8
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 70.8 to 76
65 to 73.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
8.0 to 12
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.1 to 0.16
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.65
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 2.3 to 3.0
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.5 to 1.8
0

Comparable Variants