EN 1.4527 Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4527 stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.4527 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, % | 40 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 170 | |
| 550 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 190 | |
| 1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 310 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 430 | |
| 680 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1100 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1360 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 15 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 32 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 5.6 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 78 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 210 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 29 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 150 | |
| 43 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 17 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 12 | |
| 44 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 19 to 22 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 37.4 to 48.5 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 2.0 to 3.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 27.5 to 30.5 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |