EN 1.0234 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0234 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 EN 1.0234 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
Metric UnitsUS Customary Units
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness | 100 to 140 | |
270 to 630 |
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
200 |
Elongation at Break, % | 12 to 29 | |
2.2 to 11 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 to 270 | |
250 to 1020 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
0.28 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
76 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 260 to 300 | |
410 to 1410 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 350 to 480 | |
680 to 2470 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 220 to 410 | |
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 | 12 | |
11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.8 | |
18 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
4.1 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 18 | |
55 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 46 | |
140 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 36 to 130 | |
48 to 130 |
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 to 440 | |
510 to 4780 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
14 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 12 to 17 | |
24 to 86 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 14 to 17 | |
22 to 51 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 11 to 15 | |
23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
0.15 to 0.5 |
Carbon (C), % | 0.13 to 0.17 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
11 to 13 |
Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
1.5 to 3.5 |
Iron (Fe), % | 99.02 to 99.5 | |
65 to 76 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0.35 to 0.6 | |
0 to 1.0 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
3.0 to 5.0 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
8.0 to 10 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.030 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
0 to 0.7 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
0.5 to 1.2 |