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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 301L Stainless Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and AISI 301L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 301L stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
22 to 50
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 890
240 to 530
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 730 to 1120
440 to 660
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
620 to 1040
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
250 to 790

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 680
410
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
890
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1390
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
13
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
2.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
39
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
210 to 300
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
22 to 37
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
21 to 29
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
14 to 24

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
16 to 18
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
70.7 to 78
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.3
0
Nickel (Ni), % 10.7 to 11.3
6.0 to 8.0
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.2
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0

Comparable Variants