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AISI 446 Stainless Steel vs. S15700 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 446 stainless steel and S15700 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 90% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 33 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is AISI 446 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S15700 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
200 to 460
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
200
Elongation at Break, % 23
1.1 to 29
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
370 to 770
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
77
Shear Strength, MPa 360
770 to 1070
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
1180 to 1890
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
500 to 1770

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1180
870
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 17
16
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
2.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
2.6

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
15
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
3.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
47
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
23
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
17 to 270
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
640 to 4660
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
42 to 67
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
32 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
4.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
39 to 63

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.090
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 27
14 to 16
Iron (Fe), % 69.2 to 77
69.6 to 76.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
2.0 to 3.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
6.5 to 7.7
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030