S46910 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 316L Stainless Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and AISI 316L stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 91% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 316L stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 170 to 350 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 9.0 to 50 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 170 to 450 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 78 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 370 to 690 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 530 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 190 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 540 | |
| 410 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 870 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1400 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 19 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 53 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 26 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 77 to 230 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 93 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 19 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 18 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 12 to 25 |
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 | |
| 16 to 18 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 62 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 2.0 to 3.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 10 to 14 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |