S46500 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A302 Alloy Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and ASTM A302 alloy 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 A302 alloy steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 20 to 23 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 250 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 370 to 390 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 590 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 350 to 390 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 2.4 to 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 to 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.5 to 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 48 to 50 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 110 to 120 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 20 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 17 to 18 |