S46910 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 420 Stainless Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and AISI 420 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 AISI 420 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 190 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 8.0 to 15 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 220 to 670 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 420 to 1010 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 690 to 1720 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 380 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 540 | |
| 390 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 620 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1510 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 7.5 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 2.0 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 28 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 14 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 88 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 380 to 4410 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 25 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 22 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 25 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.15 to 0.4 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 12 to 14 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 82.3 to 87.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.75 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |