S46910 Stainless Steel vs. ACI-ASTM CG3M Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and ACI-ASTM CG3M steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ACI-ASTM CG3M steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 170 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 28 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 79 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 580 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 270 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 300 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 540 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 1020 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1400 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 20 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 56 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 160 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 31 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 20 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 13 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 18 to 21 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 58.9 to 70 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 9.0 to 13 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |