EN 1.4640 Stainless Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4640 stainless steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4640 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 200 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 51 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 230 to 250 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 440 to 460 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 650 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 240 to 260 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 420 | |
| 540 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 930 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 14 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 40 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 150 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 20 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 250 to 260 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 150 to 170 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 23 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 14 to 15 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.030 to 0.080 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 19 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.3 to 2.0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 67.4 to 73.6 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 1.5 to 4.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.5 to 6.9 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.030 to 0.11 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.045 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |