S46800 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4122 Stainless Steel
Both S46800 stainless steel and EN 1.4122 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a very high 97% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46800 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4122 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 25 | |
| 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 160 | |
| 260 to 360 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 77 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 300 | |
| 480 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 470 | |
| 790 to 850 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 230 | |
| 450 to 630 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 290 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 500 | |
| 400 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 920 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 480 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 23 | |
| 15 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 2.8 | |
| 2.2 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 3.3 | |
| 2.5 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 12 | |
| 9.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.7 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.6 | |
| 2.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 37 | |
| 33 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 130 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 19 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 98 | |
| 93 to 110 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 130 | |
| 520 to 1000 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 17 | |
| 28 to 31 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 18 | |
| 25 to 26 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 6.1 | |
| 4.0 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 16 | |
| 28 to 30 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.33 to 0.45 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 18 to 20 | |
| 15.5 to 17.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 76.5 to 81.8 | |
| 77.2 to 83.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.8 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.6 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.070 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |