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AISI 302 Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 302 stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 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 AISI 302 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, % 4.5 to 46
2.3 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 520
550 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
75
Shear Strength, MPa 400 to 830
730 to 1120
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 580 to 1430
1260 to 1930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 230 to 1100
1120 to 1810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 410
680
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
780
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1420
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.0
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 42
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 19
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 59 to 260
43 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21 to 51
44 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20 to 36
33 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 12 to 31
44 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.15
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 67.9 to 75
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), % 8.0 to 10
10.7 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.1
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.75
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.5 to 1.8

Comparable Variants