ASTM A209 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A209 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 (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is ASTM A209 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 150 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 34 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 180 to 200 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 280 to 310 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 460 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 250 | |
| 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 | 120 to 130 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 170 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 15 to 16 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 17 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 to 14 | |
| 23 to 84 |