S46910 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6553 Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and EN 1.6553 steel are iron alloys. They have 73% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6553 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 210 to 240 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 19 to 21 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 330 to 460 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 710 to 800 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 470 to 670 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 420 |
| 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 | |
| 2.7 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 21 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 51 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 130 to 150 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 600 to 1190 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 25 to 28 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 23 to 24 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 21 to 23 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.23 to 0.28 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 95.6 to 98.2 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0.4 to 0.8 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.8 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |