EN 1.6580 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6580 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6580 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 220 to 350 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 11 to 19 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 610 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 450 to 700 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 720 to 1170 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 460 to 990 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 450 | |
| 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 | 4.3 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.8 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 23 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 59 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 3.3 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 130 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 560 to 2590 | |
| 510 to 4780 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 26 to 41 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 23 to 31 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 21 to 34 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.26 to 0.34 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 93.7 to 95.5 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.3 to 0.6 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.035 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |