S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.7711 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.7711 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 1.7711 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 16 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 290 to 520 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 440 to 570 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 690 to 930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 400 to 800 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 430 |
| 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 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.3 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 32 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 54 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 2.9 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 130 to 140 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 24 to 33 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 22 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 24 to 32 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.36 to 0.44 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0.9 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 96 to 97.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.45 to 0.85 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.5 to 0.65 |
| 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 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.25 to 0.35 |