Full-Hard S46910 Stainless Steel
Full-hard S46910 stainless steel is S46910 stainless steel in the full-hard temper. It has the second lowest ductility compared to the other variants of S46910 stainless steel.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare full-hard S46910 stainless steel to: wrought precipitation-hardening stainless steels (top), all iron alloys (middle), and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Brinell Hardness
510
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
200 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
3.4 %
Fatigue Strength
630 MPa 91 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Rockwell C Hardness
47
Shear Modulus
76 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
840 MPa 120 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
1460 MPa 210 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
1370 MPa 200 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
280 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion
540 °C 1000 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
810 °C 1490 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1460 °C 2660 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1420 °C 2580 °F
Specific Heat Capacity
470 J/kg-K 0.11 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Expansion
11 µm/m-K
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Base Metal Price
18 % relative
Density
7.9 g/cm3 500 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
4.1 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
55 MJ/kg 24 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
140 L/kg 16 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
48 MJ/m3
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience)
4780 kJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
24 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
51 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
36 points
Thermal Shock Resistance
50 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 65 to 76 | |
| Cr | 11 to 13 | |
| Ni | 8.0 to 10 | |
| Mo | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| Cu | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| Ti | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| Mn | 0 to 1.0 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.7 | |
| Al | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| C | 0 to 0.030 | |
| P | 0 to 0.030 | |
| S | 0 to 0.015 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM A564: Standard Specification for Hot-Rolled and Cold-Finished Age-Hardening Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes
Welding Metallurgy and Weldability of Stainless Steels, John C. Lippold and Damian J. Kotecki, 2005
Properties and Selection: Irons, Steels and High Performance Alloys, ASM Handbook vol. 1, ASM International, 1993
Corrosion of Stainless Steels, A. John Sedriks, 1996
ASM Specialty Handbook: Stainless Steels, J. R. Davis (editor), 1994
Advances in Stainless Steels, Baldev Raj et al. (editors), 2010