MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

SAE-AISI T2 Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel

Both SAE-AISI T2 steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is SAE-AISI T2 steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 2150
1260 to 1930

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
280
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1820
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1760
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 410
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 46
15
Density, g/cm3 9.3
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 11
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 170
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 98
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 36
15
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 12
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 21
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 23 to 64
44 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 40
33 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23 to 65
44 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.8 to 0.9
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 3.8 to 4.5
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
0
Iron (Fe), % 70.8 to 75.8
72.6 to 76.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 1.0
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.3
10.7 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.2 to 0.4
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.5 to 1.8
Tungsten (W), % 17.5 to 19
0
Vanadium (V), % 1.8 to 2.4
0

Comparable Variants