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S31277 Stainless Steel vs. S46800 Stainless Steel

Both S31277 stainless steel and S46800 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have 61% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S31277 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 210
200
Elongation at Break, % 45
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 380
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 80
77
Shear Strength, MPa 600
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 860
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 410
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 430
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1410
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 460
480
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 36
12
Density, g/cm3 8.1
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 6.7
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 90
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 220
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 51
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 320
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 410
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
18
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 19
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 20.5 to 23
18 to 20
Copper (Cu), % 0.5 to 1.5
0
Iron (Fe), % 35.5 to 46.2
76.5 to 81.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 3.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 6.5 to 8.0
0
Nickel (Ni), % 26 to 28
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0.3 to 0.4
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.5
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.010
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.070 to 0.3