S45503 Stainless Steel vs. SAE-AISI 1046 Steel
Both S45503 stainless steel and SAE-AISI 1046 steel are iron alloys. They have 76% 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 S45503 stainless steel and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI 1046 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Brinell Hardness | 410 to 500 | |
| 190 to 210 |
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 4.6 to 6.8 | |
| 14 to 17 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 710 to 800 | |
| 240 to 390 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 17 to 28 | |
| 39 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 72 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 940 to 1070 | |
| 410 to 450 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1610 to 1850 | |
| 660 to 740 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1430 to 1700 | |
| 370 to 610 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 270 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 760 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1440 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1400 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.4 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 48 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 82 to 110 | |
| 91 to 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 57 to 65 | |
| 23 to 26 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 39 to 43 | |
| 22 to 23 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 56 to 64 | |
| 23 to 25 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0.43 to 0.5 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 1.5 to 2.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.4 to 78.9 | |
| 98.4 to 98.9 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0.7 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 7.5 to 9.5 | |
| 0 |
| Niobium (Nb), % | 0.1 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.2 | |
| 0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.0 to 1.4 | |
| 0 |