S45503 Stainless Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 270 to 630 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 2.2 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 250 to 1020 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 46 to 54 | |
| 29 to 63 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 410 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 680 to 2470 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 450 to 2290 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 640 | |
| 540 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 13 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 48 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 24 to 86 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 22 to 51 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 23 to 84 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |