S46500 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A285 Carbon Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and ASTM A285 carbon steel are iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A285 carbon steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 30 to 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 150 to 180 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 250 to 290 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 380 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 190 to 230 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 to 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 13 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 12 to 14 |