S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6582 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.6582 steel are iron alloys. They have 78% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 21 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (12, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is S46500 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.6582 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 620 to 1750 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 280 | |
| 250 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 780 | |
| 440 |
| 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 | |
| 13 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 15 | |
| 3.6 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.7 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 22 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 56 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 2.2 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 22 to 62 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 21 to 41 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 18 to 51 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.3 to 0.38 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 94.7 to 96.5 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.15 to 0.3 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 1.3 to 1.7 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.4 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.035 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |