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S30601 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 4150 Steel

Both S30601 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 4150 steel are iron alloys. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S30601 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 4150 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
200 to 380
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 37
12 to 20
Fatigue Strength, MPa 250
260 to 780
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
73
Shear Strength, MPa 450
410 to 800
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 660
660 to 1310
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
380 to 1220

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 950
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 20
2.4
Density, g/cm3 7.6
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.9
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 55
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
51

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
82 to 180
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
380 to 3930
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
24 to 47
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
22 to 34
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
19 to 39

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.015
0.48 to 0.53
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 18
0.8 to 1.1
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.35
0
Iron (Fe), % 56.9 to 60.5
96.7 to 97.7
Manganese (Mn), % 0.5 to 0.8
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.2
0.15 to 0.25
Nickel (Ni), % 17 to 18
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.050
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 5.0 to 5.6
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.013
0 to 0.040