S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6368 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.6368 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 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 EN 1.6368 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 18 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 310 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 410 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 660 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 460 to 490 |
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 | |
| 3.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 53 |
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 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 21 to 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.040 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.17 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 95.1 to 97.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 1.0 to 1.3 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0.015 to 0.045 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.25 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |