Aged Full-hard S46910 Stainless Steel vs. Aged Half-hard S46910 Stainless Steel
Both aged full-hard S46910 stainless steel and aged half-hard S46910 stainless steel are variants of the same material. They share alloy composition and many physical properties, but develop different mechanical properties as a result of different processing.
For each property being compared, the top bar is aged full-hard S46910 stainless steel and the bottom bar is aged half-hard S46910 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 630 | |
| 520 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 200 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.2 | |
| 6.8 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 1020 | |
| 840 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Rockwell C Hardness | 63 | |
| 54 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 76 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 1410 | |
| 1130 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 2470 | |
| 1930 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 2290 | |
| 1680 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 540 | |
| 540 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 810 | |
| 810 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1460 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 18 | |
| 18 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 4.1 | |
| 4.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 55 | |
| 55 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 140 | |
| 140 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 25 | |
| 25 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 54 | |
| 130 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 86 | |
| 67 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 51 | |
| 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 84 | |
| 66 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0.15 to 0.5 | |
| 0.15 to 0.5 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 13 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 3.5 | |
| 1.5 to 3.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 65 to 76 | |
| 65 to 76 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.0 to 5.0 | |
| 3.0 to 5.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 8.0 to 10 | |
| 8.0 to 10 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.7 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0.5 to 1.2 | |
| 0.5 to 1.2 |