S45000 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1046 Steel
Both S45000 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1046 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1046 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 280 to 410 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 6.8 to 14 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 330 to 650 | |
| 240 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 to 50 | |
| 39 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 590 to 830 | |
| 410 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 980 to 1410 | |
| 660 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 580 to 1310 | |
| 370 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 840 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1390 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 17 | |
| 51 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.2 | |
| 11 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 2.5 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 13 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.8 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 39 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 94 to 160 | |
| 91 to 95 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 850 to 4400 | |
| 360 to 990 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 35 to 50 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 28 to 36 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 4.5 | |
| 14 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 33 to 47 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0.43 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 14 to 16 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.3 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.1 to 79.3 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 5.0 to 7.0 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |