S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7710 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.7710 steel are iron alloys. They have 77% 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 1.7710 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 6.8 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 500 to 620 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 930 to 1070 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 800 to 1060 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 260 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 3.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 30 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 57 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 4.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 73 to 100 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 33 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 27 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 27 to 31 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.12 to 0.18 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 95.1 to 97 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.8 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.25 |