S46910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.5503 Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and EN 1.5503 steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. 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 EN 1.5503 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 120 to 160 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 12 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 180 to 280 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 270 to 320 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 400 to 520 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 270 to 430 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 41 to 81 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 200 to 490 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 15 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 12 to 15 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0.00080 to 0.0050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.16 to 0.2 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 98.4 to 99.239 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |