EN 1.6582 Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.6582 steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 74% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 22 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.6582 steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 190 to 300 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 73 | |
| 76 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 620 to 1750 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 440 | |
| 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 | 3.6 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.7 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 22 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 56 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 2.2 | |
| 25 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 22 to 62 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 21 to 41 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 18 to 51 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.38 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 94.7 to 96.5 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 0.8 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.3 to 1.7 | |
| 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 |