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S31727 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 81B45 Steel

Both S31727 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 81B45 steel are iron alloys. They have 59% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S31727 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 81B45 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160 to 200
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
12 to 24
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240
250 to 350
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 430
340 to 400
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 630
540 to 670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 270
350 to 560

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1010
410
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
2.3
Density, g/cm3 8.0
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.7
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 64
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 180
49

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 200
77 to 110
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 190
320 to 840
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
19 to 24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
19 to 22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14
17 to 21

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0
0.00050 to 0.0030
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0.43 to 0.48
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19
0.35 to 0.55
Copper (Cu), % 2.8 to 4.0
0
Iron (Fe), % 53.7 to 61.3
97 to 98
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0.75 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 3.8 to 4.5
0.080 to 0.15
Nickel (Ni), % 14.5 to 16.5
0.2 to 0.4
Nitrogen (N), % 0.15 to 0.21
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.035
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0.15 to 0.35
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040