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S45000 Stainless Steel vs. S46500 Stainless Steel

Both S45000 stainless steel and S46500 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have a moderately high 93% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (7, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is S45000 stainless steel and the bottom bar is S46500 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 6.8 to 14
2.3 to 14
Fatigue Strength, MPa 330 to 650
550 to 890
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.28
Rockwell C Hardness 28 to 44
29 to 54
Shear Modulus, GPa 76
75
Shear Strength, MPa 590 to 830
730 to 1120
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 980 to 1410
1260 to 1930
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 580 to 1310
1120 to 1810

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 280
280
Maximum Temperature: Corrosion, °C 400
680
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 840
780
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1440
1450
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1410
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 11
11

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 13
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 2.8
3.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 39
51
Embodied Water, L/kg 130
120

Common Calculations

PREN (Pitting Resistance) 17
15
Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 94 to 160
43 to 210
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 35 to 50
44 to 68
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 36
33 to 44
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 33 to 47
44 to 67

Alloy Composition

Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.020
Chromium (Cr), % 14 to 16
11 to 12.5
Copper (Cu), % 1.3 to 1.8
0
Iron (Fe), % 72.1 to 79.3
72.6 to 76.1
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.25
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0.5 to 1.0
0.75 to 1.3
Nickel (Ni), % 5.0 to 7.0
10.7 to 11.3
Nitrogen (N), % 0
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

Comparable Variants