S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7703 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.7703 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 EN 1.7703 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 20 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 320 to 340 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 74 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 420 to 430 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 670 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 460 to 500 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 460 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 4.2 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 35 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 61 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 5.6 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 22 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 19 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.11 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 2.0 to 2.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 94.6 to 96.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.9 to 1.1 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.070 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.012 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.0050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |