EN 1.4729 Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel
Both EN 1.4729 stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 87% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4729 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 15 | |
| 2.3 to 14 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 75 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 300 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C | 390 | |
| 680 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 850 | |
| 780 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1420 | |
| 1450 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1380 | |
| 1410 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 490 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 10 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 7.5 | |
| 15 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.6 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 2.1 | |
| 3.6 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 29 | |
| 51 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 100 | |
| 120 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 14 | |
| 15 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0.3 to 0.5 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 12 to 14 | |
| 11 to 12.5 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 80.4 to 86.7 | |
| 72.6 to 76.1 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.75 to 1.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 to 1.0 | |
| 10.7 to 11.3 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.040 | |
| 0 to 0.015 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 1.0 to 2.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 1.5 to 1.8 |