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AISI 409 Stainless Steel vs. S46800 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 409 stainless steel and S46800 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 409 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 24
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 140
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 270
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 420
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 200
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 25
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
12
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 94
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 83
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 100
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 15
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 6.7
6.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.080
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 84.9 to 89.5
76.5 to 81.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.045
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.75
0.070 to 0.3