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S20910 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI L3 Steel

Both S20910 stainless steel and SAE-AISI L3 steel are iron alloys. They have 60% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 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 S20910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI L3 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 780 to 940
600 to 2250

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
250
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 22
2.5
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.8
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 68
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
53

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 28 to 33
21 to 80
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24 to 27
20 to 49
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.6
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17 to 21
18 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.060
1.0 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23.5
1.3 to 1.7
Iron (Fe), % 52.1 to 62.1
95.5 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 4.0 to 6.0
0.25 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 1.5 to 3.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 11.5 to 13.5
0
Niobium (Nb), % 0.1 to 0.3
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.4
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0.1 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Vanadium (V), % 0.1 to 0.3
0.1 to 0.3

Comparable Variants