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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI L6 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI L6 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 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 S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI L6 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
72
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
670 to 2090

Thermal Properties

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

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
3.6
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
28
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
54

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
24 to 74
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
22 to 46
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
22 to 70

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0.65 to 0.75
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
0.6 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
93.6 to 97.3
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0.25 to 0.8
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0 to 0.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
1.3 to 2.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.3

Comparable Variants