ASTM A572 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both ASTM A572 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 A572 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 140 to 190 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 18 to 25 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 240 to 340 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 to 380 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 to 620 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 330 to 510 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 400 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 2.0 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.6 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 100 to 110 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 290 to 690 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 to 22 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 18 | |
| 23 to 84 |