MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

AISI 446 Stainless Steel vs. S41050 Stainless Steel

Both AISI 446 stainless steel and S41050 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 34 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 446 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S41050 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 23
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 200
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 84
77
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
76
Shear Strength, MPa 360
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 570
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
270
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 440
390
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1180
720
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
27
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
10

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 1.9
2.9
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.3
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 12
7.0
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.4
1.9
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 35
27
Embodied Water, L/kg 150
97

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 27
12
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 110
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 230
140
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 15
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 26
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 21
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 20
17
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 4.6
7.2
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
17

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.2
0 to 0.040
Chromium (Cr), % 23 to 27
10.5 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 69.2 to 77
84.2 to 88.9
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0 to 0.75
0.6 to 1.1
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.25
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030