S45503 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D3 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D3 steel are iron alloys. They have 88% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D3 steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
9.8 to 15 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
310 to 940 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
74 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
470 to 1220 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
770 to 2050 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
480 to 1550 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
270 |
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
1430 |
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
1390 |
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
480 |
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
8.0 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.7 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
3.2 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
48 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
100 |
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
13 |
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
97 to 180 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
25 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
28 to 74 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
24 to 47 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
23 to 63 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
2.0 to 2.4 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
11 to 13.5 |
Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
0 to 0.25 |
Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
80.3 to 87 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
0 to 0.3 |
Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
0 to 0.6 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
0 |
Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
0 to 1.0 |