ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 ACI-ASTM CB7Cu-2 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 300 to 420 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.7 to 11 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 420 to 590 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 960 to 1350 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 760 to 1180 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 38 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 71 to 120 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1510 to 3600 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 34 to 48 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 35 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 32 to 45 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 15.5 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 3.2 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 73.6 to 79 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 4.5 to 5.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |