EN 1.4525 Stainless Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4525 stainless steel and S46910 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 1.4525 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 13 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 480 to 540 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1030 to 1250 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 840 to 1120 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 430 | |
| 540 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 860 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1430 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 18 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 68 to 130 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 1820 to 3230 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 36 to 45 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 29 to 33 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 34 to 41 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.070 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 15 to 17 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 2.5 to 4.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 70.4 to 79 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 3.5 to 5.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 to 0.35 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |