EN 1.0456 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.0456 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 72% 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 1.0456 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 120 to 130 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 24 to 26 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 210 to 220 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 270 to 280 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 420 to 450 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 290 to 300 | |
| 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 | 2.2 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.5 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 20 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 49 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 93 to 99 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 220 to 230 | |
| 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 | 13 to 14 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.020 to 0.060 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 96.7 to 99.48 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.4 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.1 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |