EN 1.6554 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6554 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6554 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 230 to 280 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 17 to 21 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 380 to 520 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 930 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 550 to 790 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 420 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 3.4 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 53 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 140 to 150 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 810 to 1650 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 27 to 33 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 27 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.23 to 0.28 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0.7 to 0.9 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.6 to 97.3 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.6 to 0.9 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.2 to 0.3 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.0 to 2.0 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.025 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |