S46910 Stainless Steel vs. AISI 422 Stainless Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and AISI 422 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 30 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (5, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is AISI 422 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 260 to 330 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 15 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 410 to 500 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 29 to 63 | |
| 21 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 560 to 660 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 910 to 1080 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 670 to 870 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 540 | |
| 380 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 650 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1470 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 10 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 11 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 44 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 17 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 1140 to 1910 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 32 to 38 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 26 to 30 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 33 to 39 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.2 to 0.25 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 81.9 to 85.8 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Tungsten (W), % | 0 | |
| 0.9 to 1.3 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0.2 to 0.3 |