S46910 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A209 Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and ASTM A209 steel are iron alloys. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A209 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 140 to 150 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 34 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 180 to 200 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 280 to 310 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 420 to 460 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 220 to 250 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 410 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1470 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 to 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 2.4 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.5 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 20 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 47 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 120 to 130 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 130 to 170 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 15 to 16 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 16 to 17 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 12 to 14 |