S46500 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.6771 Steel
Both S46500 stainless steel and EN 1.6771 steel are iron alloys. They have 80% 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 1.6771 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 2.3 to 14 | |
| 8.0 to 8.7 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 890 | |
| 440 to 680 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.28 | |
| 0.29 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 75 | |
| 73 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1260 to 1930 | |
| 930 to 1180 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 1120 to 1810 | |
| 740 to 1140 |
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 | |
| 5.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.9 | |
| 7.9 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.6 | |
| 1.9 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 51 | |
| 25 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 120 | |
| 58 |
Common Calculations
| PREN (Pitting Resistance) | 15 | |
| 2.5 |
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 43 to 210 | |
| 75 to 93 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 25 | |
| 24 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 44 to 68 | |
| 33 to 41 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 33 to 44 | |
| 27 to 31 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 44 to 67 | |
| 27 to 35 |
Alloy Composition
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0.27 to 0.33 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 11 to 12.5 | |
| 0.8 to 1.2 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 72.6 to 76.1 | |
| 92.2 to 95 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0.6 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0.75 to 1.3 | |
| 0.3 to 0.6 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 10.7 to 11.3 | |
| 3.0 to 4.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 to 0.25 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.010 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 1.5 to 1.8 | |
| 0 |