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EN 1.4646 Stainless Steel vs. ASTM A182 Grade F3VCb

Both EN 1.4646 stainless steel and ASTM A182 grade F3VCb are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 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 EN 1.4646 stainless steel and the bottom bar is ASTM A182 grade F3VCb.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 220
210
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 34
21
Fatigue Strength, MPa 340
320
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 77
74
Shear Strength, MPa 500
420
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 750
670
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 430
460

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 290
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 910
470
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1390
1470
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1340
1430
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 17
13

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
4.5
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
2.4
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 41
33
Embodied Water, L/kg 160
64

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 23
6.3
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 460
570
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 27
24
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 24
22
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 16
19

Alloy Composition

Calcium (Ca), % 0
0.00050 to 0.015
Carbon (C), % 0.020 to 0.1
0.1 to 0.15
Chromium (Cr), % 17 to 19
2.7 to 3.3
Copper (Cu), % 1.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.25
Iron (Fe), % 59 to 67.3
93.8 to 95.8
Manganese (Mn), % 10.5 to 12.5
0.3 to 0.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0 to 0.5
0.9 to 1.1
Nickel (Ni), % 3.5 to 4.5
0 to 0.25
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.015 to 0.070
Nitrogen (N), % 0.2 to 0.3
0
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.1
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.015
Vanadium (V), % 0
0.2 to 0.3