S20910 Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
Both S20910 stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 81% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 S20910 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, % | 14 to 39 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 310 to 460 | |
| 550 to 890 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 79 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 500 to 570 | |
| 730 to 1120 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 780 to 940 | |
| 1260 to 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 430 to 810 | |
| 1120 to 1810 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 460 | |
| 680 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 1080 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 16 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 22 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.8 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 68 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 180 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 34 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 120 to 260 | |
| 43 to 210 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 28 to 33 | |
| 44 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 24 to 27 | |
| 33 to 44 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 21 | |
| 44 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 20.5 to 23.5 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 52.1 to 62.1 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 4.0 to 6.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 1.5 to 3.0 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 11.5 to 13.5 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0.2 to 0.4 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0.1 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |