S46500 Stainless Steel vs. Monel 400
S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel 400 belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 Monel 400.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 20 to 40 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 230 to 290 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 370 to 490 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 540 to 780 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 210 to 590 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 1000 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 140 to 180 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 17 to 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 17 to 21 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 17 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| 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 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.024 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |