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AISI 304 Stainless Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 304 stainless steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 304 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170 to 360
270 to 630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 8.0 to 43
2.2 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 440
250 to 1020
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
76
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 690
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1180
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 860
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
18
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 20
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 86 to 250
48 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 140 to 1870
510 to 4780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 42
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 32
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 25
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 20
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 66.5 to 74
65 to 76
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
8.0 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2

Comparable Variants