S46910 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 5140 Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 5140 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 5140 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 270 to 630 | |
| 170 to 290 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 12 to 29 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 220 to 570 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 360 to 600 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 560 to 970 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 290 to 840 |
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 | |
| 2.1 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 19 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 49 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 76 to 180 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 220 to 1880 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 20 to 34 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 19 to 28 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 16 to 29 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0.38 to 0.43 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 97.3 to 98.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0.7 to 0.9 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0.15 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |