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SAE-AISI M50 Steel vs. S20910 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI M50 steel and S20910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 65% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 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 M50 steel and the bottom bar is S20910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
79
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 720 to 2250
780 to 940

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 260
300
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1480
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1440
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 35
13
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
22
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 5.1
4.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 74
68
Embodied Water, L/kg 83
180

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
34
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 26 to 80
28 to 33
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 23 to 49
24 to 27
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 9.7
3.6
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 21 to 66
17 to 21

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.78 to 0.88
0 to 0.060
Chromium (Cr), % 3.8 to 4.5
20.5 to 23.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 87 to 90.4
52.1 to 62.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.15 to 0.45
4.0 to 6.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.9 to 4.8
1.5 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
11.5 to 13.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0.2 to 0.4
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.6
0 to 0.75
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.8 to 1.3
0.1 to 0.3

Comparable Variants