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S13800 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI T4 Steel

Both S13800 stainless steel and SAE-AISI T4 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 (13, 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 T4 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
210
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
80
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1730
800 to 2140

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1810
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1750
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
410
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 16
21
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
55
Density, g/cm3 7.9
9.4
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
8.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
130
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 21
37
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
12
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
21
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 61
24 to 64
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 41
20 to 39
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.3
5.4
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 58
24 to 64

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0.9 to 1.4
0
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0.7 to 0.8
Chromium (Cr), % 12.3 to 13.2
3.8 to 4.5
Cobalt (Co), % 0
4.3 to 5.8
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 73.6 to 77.3
66.3 to 72.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.2
0.1 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.0 to 3.0
0.4 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 7.5 to 8.5
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.1
0.2 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.0080
0 to 0.030
Tungsten (W), % 0
17.5 to 19
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.8 to 1.2