S46910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.4306 Stainless Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and EN 1.4306 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 EN 1.4306 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 190 to 270 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 14 to 45 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 190 to 330 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 77 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 400 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 580 to 900 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 210 to 570 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 290 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 540 | |
| 420 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 960 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1420 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1380 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 16 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 16 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.2 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 45 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 20 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 110 to 200 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 110 to 820 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 21 to 32 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 20 to 27 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 13 to 20 |
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 20 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 64.8 to 72 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 10 to 12 |
| 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 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |