EN 1.4313 Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4313 stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4313 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, % | 12 to 17 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 340 to 510 | |
| 550 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 460 to 600 | |
| 730 to 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 750 to 1000 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 910 | |
| 1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 680 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 10 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.4 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 34 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 110 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 110 to 150 | |
| 43 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 28 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 27 to 36 | |
| 44 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 78.5 to 84.2 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.7 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |