Annealed S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Annealed AISI W1
Both annealed S46910 stainless steel and annealed AISI W1 are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 annealed S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is annealed AISI W1.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 | |
| 180 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 | |
| 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 | |
| 240 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 | |
| 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 | |
| 590 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 | |
| 330 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 2.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 69 | |
| 120 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 | |
| 290 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 | |
| 22 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.7 to 1.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 96.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.35 to 0.73 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.1 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |