H900 Hardened S46500 Stainless Steel
H900 hardened S46500 stainless steel is S46500 stainless steel in the hardened (H) condition. It has the highest strength and lowest ductility compared to the other variants of S46500 stainless steel.
The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare H900 hardened S46500 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
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus
190 GPa 28 x 106 psi
Elongation at Break
2.3 %
Fatigue Strength
810 MPa 120 x 103 psi
Poisson's Ratio
0.28
Rockwell C Hardness
42
Shear Modulus
75 GPa 11 x 106 psi
Shear Strength
1100 MPa 160 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
1930 MPa 280 x 103 psi
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof)
1810 MPa 260 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Latent Heat of Fusion
280 J/g
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion
680 °C 1260 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
780 °C 1430 °F
Melting Completion (Liquidus)
1450 °C 2650 °F
Melting Onset (Solidus)
1410 °C 2570 °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
15 % relative
Density
7.9 g/cm3 490 lb/ft3
Embodied Carbon
3.6 kg CO2/kg material
Embodied Energy
51 MJ/kg 22 x 103 BTU/lb
Embodied Water
120 L/kg 14 gal/lb
Common Calculations
PREN (Pitting Resistance)
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work)
43 MJ/m3
Stiffness to Weight: Axial
14 points
Stiffness to Weight: Bending
25 points
Strength to Weight: Axial
68 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
44 points
Thermal Shock Resistance
67 points
Alloy Composition
| Fe | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| Cr | 11 to 12.5 | |
| Ni | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| Ti | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| Mo | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| Mn | 0 to 0.25 | |
| Si | 0 to 0.25 | |
| C | 0 to 0.020 | |
| P | 0 to 0.015 | |
| S | 0 to 0.010 | |
| N | 0 to 0.010 |
All values are % weight. Ranges represent what is permitted under applicable standards.
Followup Questions
Further Reading
ASTM A693: Standard Specification for Precipitation-Hardening Stainless and Heat-Resisting Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip
Welding Metallurgy of Stainless Steels, Erich Folkhard et al., 2012
ASTM A959: Standard Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels
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