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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI M3 Class 1 Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI M3 class 1 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 20 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, 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 M3 class 1 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
770 to 2150

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
260
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1610
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1570
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
440
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
12

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
25
Density, g/cm3 7.9
8.3
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
10
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
150
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
100

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
33
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
23
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
26 to 72
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
22 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
24 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
1.0 to 1.1
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
3.8 to 4.5
Copper (Cu), % 0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
76.9 to 82.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0.15 to 0.4
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
4.8 to 6.5
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
0 to 0.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0.2 to 0.45
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0
Tungsten (W), % 0
5.0 to 6.8
Vanadium (V), % 0
2.3 to 2.8

Comparable Variants