MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI M48 Steel vs. EN 1.4507 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI M48 steel and EN 1.4507 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 69% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI M48 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4507 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.27
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 890 to 2390
840

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1670
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1620
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 420
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 48
21
Density, g/cm3 8.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 13
4.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 190
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 37
41
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 22
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 76
30
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 45
25
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 26 to 71
23

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 1.4 to 1.5
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 3.5 to 4.0
24 to 26
Cobalt (Co), % 8.0 to 10
0
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
1.0 to 2.5
Iron (Fe), % 63.8 to 69.8
56.4 to 65.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 4.8 to 5.5
3.0 to 4.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.3
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0.15 to 0.4
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Tungsten (W), % 9.5 to 10.5
0
Vanadium (V), % 2.8 to 3.3
0