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S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4301 Stainless Steel

Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.4301 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4301 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 2.3 to 14
14 to 46
Fatigue Strength, MPa 550 to 890
200 to 330
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 730 to 1120
430 to 550
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 1260 to 1930
610 to 900
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 1120 to 1810
220 to 570

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 680
420
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 780
940
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1430
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1380
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
16

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.9
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.6
3.0
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 51
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 120
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 15
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 43 to 210
110 to 220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 44 to 68
22 to 32
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 33 to 44
20 to 27
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 44 to 67
14 to 20

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.070
Chromium (Cr), % 11 to 12.5
17.5 to 19.5
Iron (Fe), % 72.6 to 76.1
66.8 to 74.5
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
8.0 to 10.5
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 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 1.5 to 1.8
0

Comparable Variants