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AISI 301L Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 301L stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% 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 AISI 301L stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 22 to 50
2.3 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 240 to 530
550 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 440 to 660
730 to 1120
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 620 to 1040
1260 to 1930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 250 to 790
1120 to 1810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
680
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 890
780
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.7
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 210 to 300
43 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 37
44 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21 to 29
33 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 14 to 24
44 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 16 to 18
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 70.7 to 78
72.6 to 76.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 6.0 to 8.0
10.7 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.5 to 1.8

Comparable Variants