Annealed ASTM B617 vs. Annealed S46500 Stainless Steel
Annealed ASTM B617 belongs to the otherwise unclassified metals classification, while annealed S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 17 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is annealed ASTM B617 and the bottom bar is annealed S46500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 22 | |
| 4.6 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.37 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 28 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 180 | |
| 730 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 290 | |
| 1260 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 120 | |
| 280 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 870 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 780 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 250 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 19 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 10 | |
| 7.9 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 4.1 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 14 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 7.7 | |
| 44 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 9.3 | |
| 33 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 | |
| 44 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 to 0.0050 | |
| 0 |
| Cadmium (Cd), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 9.0 to 10.4 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Silver (Ag), % | 89.6 to 91 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Zinc (Zn), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |