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EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.4301 stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% 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 1.4301 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 14 to 46
2.3 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200 to 330
550 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 430 to 550
730 to 1120
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610 to 900
1260 to 1930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 220 to 570
1120 to 1810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 420
680
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 940
780
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1380
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 43
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110 to 220
43 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 32
44 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 27
33 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 20
44 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.070
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 17.5 to 19.5
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 66.8 to 74.5
72.6 to 76.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 8.0 to 10.5
10.7 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.5 to 1.8

Comparable Variants