S46500 Stainless Steel vs. Nickel Beryllium 360
S46500 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while nickel beryllium 360 belongs to the nickel alloys. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is nickel beryllium 360.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 1.0 to 30 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 260 to 710 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 510 to 1100 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 780 to 1860 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 380 to 1590 |
Thermal Properties
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1330 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1200 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 460 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.3 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 12 to 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 26 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 23 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 19 to 46 |