S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.0034 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.0034 steel are iron alloys. They have 75% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (9, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.0034 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 9.0 to 32 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 140 to 170 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 220 to 230 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 340 to 380 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 180 to 280 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 400 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1460 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1420 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 470 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 11 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 1.8 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 45 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 31 to 95 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 12 to 13 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 14 to 15 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 11 to 12 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.15 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 98.7 to 100 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.7 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.35 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.045 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |