S46910 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI D2 Steel
Both S46910 stainless steel and SAE-AISI D2 steel are iron alloys. They have 84% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 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 SAE-AISI D2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 to 11 | |
| 5.0 to 16 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 250 to 1020 | |
| 310 to 860 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 410 to 1410 | |
| 460 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 680 to 2470 | |
| 760 to 2000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 450 to 2290 | |
| 470 to 1510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 15 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 48 to 130 | |
| 92 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 510 to 4780 | |
| 570 to 5940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 24 to 86 | |
| 27 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 22 to 51 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 23 to 84 | |
| 25 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 81.3 to 86.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |