S46500 Stainless Steel vs. S17600 Stainless Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and S17600 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 94% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S17600 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 8.6 to 11 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 300 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 29 to 54 | |
| 28 to 44 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 560 to 880 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 940 to 1490 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 680 | |
| 550 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 890 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1430 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 2.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 42 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 70 to 150 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 34 to 54 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 28 to 37 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 31 to 50 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.080 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 16 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 71.3 to 77.6 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 6.0 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0.4 to 1.2 |