MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

EN 1.7386 Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.7386 steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 85% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 26 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.7386 steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
190
Elongation at Break, % 18 to 21
2.3 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 170 to 290
550 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
75
Shear Strength, MPa 340 to 410
730 to 1120
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 550 to 670
1260 to 1930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 240 to 440
1120 to 1810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
280
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 600
780
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 88
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 12
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 92 to 110
43 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20 to 24
44 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 19 to 22
33 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15 to 18
44 to 67

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.040
0
Carbon (C), % 0.080 to 0.15
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 8.0 to 10
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.3
0
Iron (Fe), % 86.8 to 90.5
72.6 to 76.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0.3 to 0.6
0 to 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.9 to 1.1
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 0
10.7 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0.25 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.5 to 1.8

Comparable Variants