S46500 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316 Stainless Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and AISI 316 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 8.0 to 55 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 210 to 430 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 350 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 520 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 230 to 850 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 680 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 590 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 85 to 260 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 18 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 11 to 26 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |