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S40975 Stainless Steel vs. S46800 Stainless Steel

Both S40975 stainless steel and S46800 stainless steel are iron alloys. Both are furnished in the annealed condition. They have a moderately high 92% of their average alloy composition in common.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S40975 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46800 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 170
180
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 22
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210
160
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell B Hardness 81
79
Shear Modulus, GPa 75
77
Shear Strength, MPa 290
300
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 460
470
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 310
230

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 270
290
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 450
500
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 710
920
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1450
1440
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1400
1400
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 26
23
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 10
11

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.9
2.8
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 3.3
3.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 6.5
12
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.7
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.0
2.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 28
37
Embodied Water, L/kg 95
130

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 11
19
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 93
98
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 250
130
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 17
17
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 17
18
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 7.0
6.1
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 17
16

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Chromium (Cr), % 10.5 to 11.7
18 to 20
Iron (Fe), % 84.4 to 89
76.5 to 81.8
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Nickel (Ni), % 0.5 to 1.0
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0.1 to 0.6
Nitrogen (N), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.040
0 to 0.040
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.75
0.070 to 0.3