ASTM A204 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A204 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A204 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 160 to 180 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 22 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 200 to 220 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 330 to 360 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 520 to 590 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 330 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 410 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1470 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 to 1430 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.4 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 90 to 95 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 290 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 18 to 21 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 to 20 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 15 to 17 | |
| 23 to 84 |