S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Monel R-405
S46910 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys classification, while Monel R-405 belongs to the nickel alloys. 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 Monel R-405.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 160 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 9.1 to 39 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 210 to 250 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.32 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 62 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 350 to 370 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 540 to 630 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 190 to 350 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 900 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1350 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1300 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 430 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 14 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 50 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 8.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 110 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 250 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 49 to 170 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 120 to 370 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 10 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 21 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 17 to 20 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 17 to 18 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 17 to 20 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 28 to 34 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 0 to 2.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 2.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 63 to 72 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.5 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0.025 to 0.060 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |