S46500 Stainless Steel vs. S21904 Stainless Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and S21904 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 82% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 S21904 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 17 to 51 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 380 to 550 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 510 to 620 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 700 to 1000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 390 to 910 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 680 | |
| 430 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 980 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1350 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 17 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 3.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 43 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 160 to 310 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 25 to 36 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 23 to 29 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 15 to 21 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 19 to 21.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 59.5 to 67.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 5.5 to 7.5 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| 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 |