S46500 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 9310 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 9310 steel are iron alloys. They have 79% 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 SAE-AISI 9310 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
190 |
Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
17 to 19 |
Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
300 to 390 |
Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
0.29 |
Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
73 |
Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
510 to 570 |
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
820 to 910 |
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
450 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
250 |
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
440 |
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 | |
13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
4.4 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
7.9 |
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
1.8 |
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
24 |
Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
57 |
Common Calculations
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
120 to 150 |
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
13 |
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
24 |
Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
29 to 32 |
Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
25 to 27 |
Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
24 to 27 |
Alloy Composition
Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
0.080 to 0.13 |
Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
1.0 to 1.4 |
Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
93.8 to 95.2 |
Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0.45 to 0.65 |
Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
0.080 to 0.15 |
Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
3.0 to 3.5 |
Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 |
Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
0 to 0.015 |
Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
0.2 to 0.35 |
Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
0 to 0.012 |
Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
0 |