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S38815 Stainless Steel vs. S46910 Stainless Steel

Both S38815 stainless steel and S46910 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 86% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (1, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S38815 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46910 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 190
270 to 630
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 34
2.2 to 11
Fatigue Strength, MPa 230
250 to 1020
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 74
76
Shear Strength, MPa 410
410 to 1410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 610
680 to 2470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 290
450 to 2290

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 370
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
540
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 860
810
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1360
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1310
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 500
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 15
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 19
18
Density, g/cm3 7.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.8
4.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 54
55
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
140

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 18
25
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 170
48 to 130
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 220
510 to 4780
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22
24 to 86
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 21
22 to 51
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 15
23 to 84

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0 to 0.3
0.15 to 0.5
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 13 to 15
11 to 13
Copper (Cu), % 0.75 to 1.5
1.5 to 3.5
Iron (Fe), % 56.1 to 67
65 to 76
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 2.0
0 to 1.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.75 to 1.5
3.0 to 5.0
Nickel (Ni), % 13 to 17
8.0 to 10
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.030
Silicon (Si), % 5.5 to 6.5
0 to 0.7
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.020
0 to 0.015
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0.5 to 1.2