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S13800 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 6150 Steel

Both S13800 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 6150 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S13800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 6150 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 290 to 480
200 to 350
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 18
15 to 23
Fatigue Strength, MPa 410 to 870
300 to 750
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
73
Shear Strength, MPa 610 to 1030
400 to 730
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1730
630 to 1200
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 660 to 1580
420 to 1160

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 810
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
46
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12 to 13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.3
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.6
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 150 to 190
130 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 1090 to 5490
460 to 3590
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 61
22 to 43
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 41
21 to 32
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 58
20 to 38

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.9 to 1.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.48 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 12.3 to 13.2
0.8 to 1.1
Iron (Fe), % 73.6 to 77.3
96.7 to 97.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0.7 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 8.5
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0080
0 to 0.040
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.15 to 0.3