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AISI 446 Stainless Steel vs. S38815 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 446 stainless steel and S38815 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 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 446 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S38815 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
34
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
230
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
74
Shear Strength, MPa 360
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
370
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
400
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1180
860
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1510
1360
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1430
1310
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 490
500
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
15

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
19
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.5
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
3.8
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
54
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
18
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
170
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
220
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
21
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
15

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0 to 0.3
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 27
13 to 15
Copper (Cu), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Iron (Fe), % 69.2 to 77
56.1 to 67
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.5
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
13 to 17
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
5.5 to 6.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.020