S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.1152 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.1152 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 (10, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.1152 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 12 to 22 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 190 to 300 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 730 to 1120 | |
| 290 to 340 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 400 to 550 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 270 to 440 |
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 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 18 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 46 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 41 to 110 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 14 to 19 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 15 to 19 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 13 to 17 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.18 to 0.22 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 98.6 to 99.52 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| 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 0.025 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.025 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |