MakeItFrom.com
Menu (ESC)

S33550 Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel

Both S33550 stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 77% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 27 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (8, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S33550 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.

Metric UnitsUS Customary Units

Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 40
2.3 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 270
550 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.27
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 79
75
Shear Strength, MPa 470
730 to 1120
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 680
1260 to 1930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
1120 to 1810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 300
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 470
680
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 1100
780
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1400
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1360
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 16
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 24
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 4.3
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 61
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 190
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 30
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 220
43 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 24
44 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 22
33 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
44 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0.040 to 0.1
0 to 0.020
Cerium (Ce), % 0.025 to 0.070
0
Chromium (Cr), % 25 to 28
11 to 12.5
Iron (Fe), % 48.8 to 58.2
72.6 to 76.1
Lanthanum (La), % 0.025 to 0.070
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.5
0 to 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 16.5 to 20
10.7 to 11.3
Niobium (Nb), % 0.050 to 0.15
0
Nitrogen (N), % 0.18 to 0.25
0 to 0.010
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.015
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.010
Titanium (Ti), % 0
1.5 to 1.8